Definition of sapphic Sapphic
Sap•phic
We found 10 definitions of sapphic from 5 different sources.
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What does sapphic mean?
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AdjectiveSapphic, sapphiccer, sapphiccest |
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| sapphic - a meter used by Sappho and named after her | ||
| rhythmic, rhythmical recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose" | ||
| sapphic - of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman | ||
| lesbian | ||
| homosexual sexually attracted to members of your own sex | ||
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- sapphic (Adjective)
Relating to the Greek poetess Sappho from Lesbos or her poetry. - sapphic (Adjective)
Of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five metrical metrical feet , of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl. - sapphic (Adjective)
Relating to lesbianism; lesbian.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sapphic (a.)
Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse. - sapphic (a.)
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. - sapphic (n.)
A Sapphic verse.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sapphic
saf′ik, adj. pertaining to Sappho, a passionate Greek lyric poetess of Lesbos (c. 600 B.C.): denoting a kind of verse said to have been invented by Sappho.—ns. Sapph′ic-stan′za, a metre of Horace, the stanzas of four verses each, three alike, made up of four trochees, with a dactyl in the third place; Sapph′ism, unnatural passion between women; Sapph′ō, a humming-bird
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