sap·phic /ˈsæfɪk/
(a.)Sappho風格的;沙弗詩體的
sap·phic /ˈsæfɪk/ 形容詞 名詞
Sap·phic a.
1. Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.
2. Pros. 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.
Sap·phic, n. Pros. A Sapphic verse.
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sapphic
adj 1: a meter used by Sappho and named after her
2: of female homosexuality [syn: lesbian]