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Meaning Of Sapphic
a.
Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as,
Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.
a.
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.