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Sapphic
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What's The Definition Of Sapphic?
[adj] of female homosexuality
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sapphic: homosexual | lesbian Related Terms | Find terms related to Sapphic: See Also | Sapphic In Webster's Dictionary \Sap"phic\, a. [L. Sapphicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? Sappho.]
1. Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as,
Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.
2. (Pros.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, Sappho; -- said
of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented
by Sappho, consisting of five feet, of which the first,
fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee,
and the third a dactyl.
\Sap"phic\, n. (Pros.) A Sapphic verse. |
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