noun a sapphic verse.
2. sapphic ·adj of or pertaining to sappho, the grecian poetess; as, sapphic odes; sapphic verse.
3. sapphic ·adj 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.