单词 | pre-raphaelitish |
释义 | Pre-Raphaelitishadj. Characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites, their work, principles, or style. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > Pre-Raphaelite Pre-Raphael1850 Pre-Raphaelite1850 Pre-Raphaelitic1854 Pre-Raphaelitish1854 Pre-Raphaelistic1866 Pre-Raph1874 1854 A. Thackeray Jrnl. Feb. in Lett. A. T. Ritchie (1924) v. 61 Mr. Millais was there, a tall good-looking Pre-Raphaelitish young man. 1865 D. M. Mulock Christian's Mistake (1866) ii. 38 That pale, prim, pre-Raphaelitish dame who was represented all over the College. 1889 Art Jrnl. Aug. 222 A picture, which he describes as very pre-Raphaelitish indeed, of a cornfield. 1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer ii. i. 214 She has that inward, dreamy look, that far-away sleep-walker's expression... You know the expression I mean: exquisitely spiritual and preRaphaelitish. 1962 Burlington Mag. Jan. 42/2 Some very pre-Raphaelitish charcoal figure drawings. 2002 Evening Standard (Nexis) 13 Dec. 11 It is time to forgive Tolkien his Pre-Raphaelitish sentimentality, his rambling structure and his ultra-reactionary Catholic politics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1854 |
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