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Sapphic Definition

Sap·phic (safik)

adjective

  1. of Sappho
  2. designating or of certain meters or a form of stanza or strophe used by or named after Sappho, esp. a stanza of three lines, of five or six stresses each, followed by a short line
  3. lesbian ()

Etymology: L Sapphicus < Gr Sapphikos < Sapphō

noun

a Sapphic verse

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