SAPPHIC


Meaning of SAPPHIC in English

/ ˈsæfɪk; NAmE / noun

( formal ) relating to lesbians

►  sap·phism / ˈsæfɪzəm; NAmE / noun [ U ]

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WORD ORIGIN

early 16th cent. (originally relating to Sappho or her poetry): from French saphique , via Latin from Greek Sapphikos , from Sapphō . Sapphō was a Greek lyric poet who lives on Lesbos in early 7th century BC. Many of her poems express love and affection for women.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.