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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. a meter used by Sappho and named after her;

2. of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman;
[syn: lesbian, sapphic]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sapphic \Sap"phic\, a. [L. Sapphicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? Sappho.] 1. Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse. [1913 Webster] 2. (Pros.) 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sapphic \Sap"phic\, n. (Pros.) A Sapphic verse. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Sapphic adj 1: a meter used by Sappho and named after her 2: of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman [syn: lesbian, sapphic]