Hypertext Webster Gateway:
That's George...just humor him...He thinks he has keen insight!
Sappho never really moved me...but I tend to be contrary, socially.
"sapphic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sapphic \Sap"phic\, a. [L. Sapphicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? Sappho.] 1. Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic
odes; Sapphic verse.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sapphic \Sap"phic\, n. (Pros.) A Sapphic verse.
From WordNet (r) 1.6 (wn)
sapphic adj : of female homosexuality [syn: {lesbian}] |
