Crossword clues for sapphic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sapphic \Sap"phic\, n. (Pros.) A Sapphic verse.
Sapphic \Sap"phic\, a. [L. Sapphicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? Sappho.]
Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.
(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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1500, "of or pertaining to Sappho," from French saphique, from Latin Sapphicus, from Greek Sapphikos "of Sappho," in reference to Sappho, poetess of the isle of Lesbos c.600 B.C.E. Especially in reference to her characteristic meter; sense of "pertaining to sexual relations between women" is from 1890s (compare lesbian).
Wiktionary
a. Relating to lesbianism; lesbian.
WordNet
adj. a meter used by Sappho and named after her
of female homosexuality [syn: lesbian]
Wikipedia
Sapphic can refer to:
- Related to Sappho, a 7th-century BC poet
- Sapphic stanza, a four line poetic form
- Sapphic love, related to female homosexuality
Usage examples of "sapphic".
Swinburne, in his Sapphics and Hendecasyllables, while writing on a manifestly artistic conception of those metres, and, in my judgment, proving their possibility for modern purposes by the superior rhythmical effect which a classically trained ear enabled him to make in handling them, neglects position as a rule, though his nice sense of metre leads him at times to observe it, and uniformly rejects any approach to the harsh combinations indulged in by other writers.
We were the embodiment of a fiery Sapphic romance gone awry under the merciless strictures of Victorian society.
True, they had been trying to kill herall the ones she had killedbut they were still people, and Sapphic Cyclans considered killing people as primal dissonance.
And who is the Mother Goddess except a Sapphic analogue of the Erotic Mother?
This is the key to his secure rooms, stolen and copied for me by my closest friend, the wonderfully sapphic pillow girl, Plum Blossom.
DeCarlo Midnight Mistress Audrey Goodwin Mistress Margot: A Tale of Sapphic SlaverySusanna Valent Mrs.
Before his twenty-fifth birthday he has written: Ten books of lyrics, panegyrics, and pastorals, mostly in hexameters but also some hendeca-syllabics and many Sapphics, Alcaics.