sapphic

4 definitions found

sapphic - 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.
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     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.
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  Sapphic \Sap"phic\, n. (Pros.)
     A Sapphic verse.
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sapphic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

sapphic - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "sapphic":
     AC-DC, Alcaic, Anacreontic, Castalian, Homeric, Hudibrastic,
     Pierian, Pindaric, Theocritean, amphierotic, autoerotic, bardic,
     bisexed, bisexual, bucolic, butch, deviant, didactic, dithyrambic,
     dramatic, eclogic, effeminate, elegiac, epic, gay, heroic,
     homoerotic, homosexual, idyllic, lesbian, mannish, mock-heroic,
     narrative, pastoral, perverted, poetic, poetico-mystical,
     poetico-mythological, poetico-philosophic, poetlike, queer,
     rhapsodic, runic, skaldic, transvestite, tribadistic