Pre-Raph ‧ ae ‧ lite /ˌpriː ˈræfəlaɪt $ -ˈræfiə-/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: Raphael (Raffaello Santi) (1483-1520), Italian painter ]
1 . relating to the members of a group of late 19th-century English painters and artists:
a Pre-Raphaelite painting
2 . used to describe a woman’s hair that is long and curly
—Pre-Raphaelite noun [countable]