Meaning Of The Word Sapphic

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Sapphic Meaning

Sapphic Definition
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What's The Definition Of Sapphic?

Sapphic in American English
of Sappho
adjective: pertaining to Sappho or to certain meters or a form of strophe or stanza used by or named after her
noun: a Sapphic verse

Sapphic in British English
adjective: denoting a metre associated with Sappho, consisting generally of a trochaic pentameter line with a dactyl in the third foot
noun: a verse, line, or stanza written in the Sapphic form

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