SAPPHIC


Meaning of SAPPHIC in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 of or relating to Sappho, poetess of Lesbos c.600 BC, or her poetry. 2 lesbian.

n. (in pl.) (sapphics) verse in a metre associated with Sappho.

[ F sa(p)phique f. L Sapphicus f. Gk Sapphikos f. Sappho ]

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