sapphic

Definitions of sapphic in various dictionaries:

adj - a meter used by Sappho and named after her

adj - of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman

Of or relating to the Greek poet Sappho.

Of, relating to, or being an Aeolic verse of 11 syllables, consisting of a first part of 4 syllables, a central choriamb, and a final part of 3 syllables.

Relating to or being a stanza of three such verses followed by a verse consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.

Relating to or being an ode made up of such stanzas.

Of, relating to, or being a verse, stanza, or poem in accentual meter composed in imitation of Sapphic quantitative verse.

A Sapphic meter, verse, stanza, or ode.

noun - a type of verse form

SAPPHIC - 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...