Definitions for "Sapphic"
Keywords:  sappho, poetess, trochee, dactyl, verse
Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.
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.
A Sapphic verse.
Keywords:  homosexuality, female
of female homosexuality
Keywords:  relating, lesbians
Of or relating to lesbians.