sapphic

Relating to the Greek poetess Sappho from Lesbos or her poetry.

Of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five metrical feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl.

Alternative letter-case form of sapphic.

A Sapphic verse.

His Sapphics, on the story of Bacchus and Ariadne, are easy, elegant, and poetical.

The first line (which goes by the name of Aristophanes) is a Sapphic without the initial trochees.

A person who is sapphic.

'Very good,” he said, 'although I must confess that the older I get, the less I am able to enjoy the company of women – except of course our own dear Enid who is so notorious a Sapphic as to be virtually hors concours.

There are many of us (yes, even in Utah) who are more style-conscious, socially involved and culturally aware Sapphics than the common opinion dictates.

Lesbian, relating to lesbianism, or (broadly) to women who are attracted (not necessarily exclusively) to women.

Clinton and I became peripherally involved with a pair of Leckford Road girls who, principally sapphic in their interests, would arrange for sessions of group frolic.

[...] and rumor had it that the Margo—Eve relationship was inspired by the bisexual Bankhead and her Skin of Our Teeth understudy [...] (The 1947 film version teamed Humphrey Bogart with sapphic stars Barbara Stanwyck and Alexis Smith.)