Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pre-raphaelite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: pre-raphaelite
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the style called Pre-Raphaelitism.

noun

A member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the group that founded the artistic movement.

noun

One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates Pre-Raphaelitism.

Example Sentences

"a preraphaelite figure"
"a preraphaelite landscape"
"The music video for Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia,” in which the star steps out of a Pre-Raphaelite painting and proceeds to clip through space and time, taking on different guises along the way, is meant to be a confident visual statement of the Swift franchise’s multiversal power[…]."

Etymology

From pre- + Raphael + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre
Suffix: Raphael

Inflected Forms

preraphaelite (alternative) Pre-Raphaelites (plural)

Derived Forms

preraphaelitish

Frequently Paired Words

Pre-Raphaelitism Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood PRB

Questions

What does pre-raphaelite mean?: Of or pertaining to the style called Pre-Raphaelitism.
Where does pre-raphaelite come from?: From pre- + Raphael + -ite.

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