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How to pronounce sapphic in English?

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Synonyms lesbian
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Derivation sappho

Examples of sapphic

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Inside are ten color pages of female couples in various stages of sapphic bliss.
From the time.com
Clarke puts in a fair few steamy sex scenes, and some sapphic moments very obviously targeted at the male DVD-buyers out there.
From the guardian.co.uk
For my money, she overdoes the mannish stride and blokey heartiness as if to advertise the character's sapphic credentials.
From the guardian.co.uk
Many of the works contained in this volume depict erotic scenes of nude women, some of whom are masturbating alone or are coupled in sapphic embraces.
From the en.wikipedia.org
She knew that if Barnett had to prove the sapphic connection in court, she could organize a parade of witnesses who would keep the tabloids happy for weeks.
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More examples
  • A meter used by Sappho and named after her
  • Lesbian: of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman
  • (Sapphics) The Sapphic stanza, named after Sappho, is an Aeolic verse form spanning four lines (more properly three, in the poetry of Sappho and Alcaeus, where there is no word-end before the final Adonean).
  • Relating to the Greek poetess Sappho from Lesbos or her poetry; Relating to lesbianism; lesbian (also sapphic)
  • (sapphically) In a Sapphic way