Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sapphic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sapphic \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sapphic \Sap"phic\, n. (Pros.)
A Sapphic verse.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sapphic
adj : of female homosexuality [syn: {lesbian}]
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