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Sapphic
see synonyms of sapphicAdjective
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Sapphic
see synonyms of sapphicadjective
1. prosody
denoting a metre associated with Sappho, consisting generally of a trochaic pentameter line with a dactyl in the third foot
2.
of or relating to Sappho or her poetry
3.
lesbian
noun
4. prosody
a verse, line, or stanza written in the Sapphic form
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Sapphic
see synonyms of sapphic adjective
1.
of Sappho
2. [often s-]
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. [sometimes s-]
lesbian (sense 2) lesbian (sense 2a)
noun
4. [often s-]
a Sapphic verse
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Sapphic
see synonyms of sapphicadj.
1. Of or relating to the Greek poet Sappho.
2.
a. Of, relating to, or being a verse characteristic of Sappho, containing 11 syllables and consisting of a trochee, a spondee or trochee, a dactyl, a trochee, and a spondee or trochee.
b. Relating to or being a stanza of three such verses followed by a verse consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.
c. Relating to or being an ode made up of such stanzas.
d. Of, relating to, or being a verse, stanza, or poem in accentual-syllabic meter composed in imitation of Sapphic quantitative verse.
n.
A Sapphic meter, verse, stanza, or ode.
adj.
Of or relating to lesbianism.
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