Sapphic

from 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}]

from 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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sapphic \Sap"phic\, n. (Pros.)
   A Sapphic verse.
   [1913 Webster]

from 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

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