SAPPHIC

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.

Etymology: F sa(p)phique f. L Sapphicus f. Gk Sapphikos f. Sappho