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1. (adj.) Sapphic
pertaining to Sappho or to certain meters or a form of strophe or stanza used by or named after her.
2. (n.) Sapphic
a Sapphic verse.
Etymology: (1495–1505; < L sapphicus < Gk sapphikós=Sapph(Ṓ)Sappho+-ikos -ic)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) Sapphic
a meter used by Sappho and named after her
2. (adj) lesbian, sapphic
of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Sapphic
of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse
2. (adj) Sapphic
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
3. (noun) Sapphic
a Sapphic verse
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