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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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.
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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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sapphic \Sap"phic\, n. (Pros.)
   A Sapphic verse.
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Thesaurus Results for Sapphic:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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