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Sapphic Definition


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Sapphic
adj
    1. poetry.
      Indicating the form of verses said to have been invented by Sappho, arranged in stanzas of four lines each, with a short fourth line.
    2. Referring or relating to Sappho.
    3. Lesbian.
noun
    1. The form of verse invented by Sappho.
      Form: Sapphics (usually)
      Form: sapphics
Derivative: Sapphism
noun
    Lesbianism.
Derivative: sapphist
noun
    A lesbian.
Etymology: 16c: from Sappho (c.600 bc), the Greek poetess of the island of Lesbos, reputed to be a lesbian.



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