'Sapphic' definitions:
Definition of 'Sapphic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
A meter used by Sappho and named after her
adjective
Of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman [syn: lesbian, sapphic]
Definition of 'Sapphic'
From: GCIDE
- Sapphic \Sap"phic\, n. (Pros.) A Sapphic verse. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sapphic'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'sapphic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- AC-DC,
- Alcaic,
- amphierotic,
- Anacreontic,
- autoerotic,
- bardic,
- bisexed,
- bisexual,
- bucolic,
- butch,
- Castalian,
- deviant,
- didactic,
- dithyrambic,
- dramatic,
- eclogic,
- effeminate,
- elegiac,
- epic,
- gay,
- heroic,
- Homeric,
- homoerotic,
- homosexual,
- Hudibrastic,
- idyllic,
- lesbian,
- mannish,
- mock-heroic,
- narrative,
- pastoral,
- perverted,
- Pierian,
- Pindaric,
- poetic,
- poetico-mystical,
- poetico-mythological,
- poetico-philosophic,
- poetlike,
- queer,
- rhapsodic,
- runic,
- skaldic,
- Theocritean,
- transvestite,
- tribadistic