sapphic

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I sort of feel like lesbian sounds kind of femme I guess or sapphic, and I just don't identify with the roots of the word lesbian as much as I do with dyke.

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  1. Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.
  2. A Sapphic verse.

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  1. of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman
  2. a meter used by Sappho and named after her

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