SAPPHIC


Meaning of SAPPHIC in English

/saf"ik/ , adj.

1. pertaining to Sappho or to certain meters or a form of strophe or stanza used by or named after her.

2. Lesbian (def. 2).

n.

3. a Sapphic verse.

[ 1495-1505; sapphicus sapphikós, equiv. to Sapph ( ó ) SAPPHO + -ikos -IC ]

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