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sapphic

Pronunciation: /ˈsafɪk/

Definition of sapphic

adjective

  • 1 formal or humorous relating to lesbians or lesbianism:sapphic lovers
  • 2 (Sapphic) relating to Sappho or her poetry.

noun

(sapphics)
  • verse in a metre associated with Sappho.

Origin:

early 16th century (in sapphic (sense 2 of the adjective)): from French saphique, via Latin from Greek Sapphikos, from Sapphō (see Sappho)

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