Sapphic

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Sapphic.
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2. A Sapphic verse.
3. A person who is sapphic.

Equivalents

5 more languages

Suomisapfolainen

Gaeilgesáfach

Italianosaffico

Русскийлесбийский

Svenskasapfisk

Examples

“His Sapphics, on the story of Bacchus and Ariadne, are easy, elegant, and poetical.”

“The first line (which goes by the name⟳ of Aristophanes) is a Sapphic without the initial trochees.”

“"A real Sapphic," said Crane, dropping into a poetical tone, as an elocutionist does when he is hungry for an opportunity to recite a favorite sketch⟳.”

“'Very good,” he said, 'although I must confess that the older I get⟳, the less I am able to enjoy⟳ the company of women – except of course our own⟳ dear Enid who is so notorious a Sapphic as to be virtually hors concours.”

“There are many of us (yes, even in Utah) who are more style-conscious, socially involved and culturally aware Sapphics than the common opinion dictates.”

“Are you a fan of hate-to-love? Roommates? Royalty romances? Geology puns? Sapphics? Her Royal Highness has all of this and more. After Millie discovers her best friend turned maybe girlfriend kissing someone else, she decides to flee⟳ […]”

“Though they will not satisfy⟳ Mr. T. S. Omond's rules of quantity, and cannot be expected to reach⟳ Swinburne's exquisite sense⟳ of its balance, they give⟳ far more idea of the rhythm of Sappho than the body of English sapphics by other writers.”

“Statius, in the Silvae, does offer⟳ two “lyric” poems, one in alcaics and one in sapphics, but lyric poetry in any form⟳ and of any consequence does not recur until the Christian hymns of St. Ambrose and Prudentius, ...”

“April 29: Thao & The Get⟳ Down Stay⟳ Down host⟳ local rock sapphics Kera & the Lesbians.”

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