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SapÂ·phic. adj. 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.
Word Origin and History for Sapphic Expand. adj. 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 (cf. lesbian).