sapphic

== English == === Etymology === From Sapphic. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈsæfɪk/ Rhymes: -æfɪk === Adjective === sapphic (not comparable) Lesbian, relating to lesbianism, or (broadly) to women who are attracted (not necessarily exclusively) to women. 2018 December 10, Jess Taylor Weissner, review of Janelle Monae, Dirty Computer, in The Courier, page 18: Her lyrics are deeply personal and wide reaching and she weaves in indignation at the state of American politics while simultaneously exploring her identity as a black sapphic [pansexual] woman. 2023 July 26, Susan S. Lancer, SAME/DIFFERENCE? TOWARD A SAPPHIC/NONBINARY SEXUALITY OF HISTORY, in [2] Perhaps the queer, unnatural, and possibly disturbing conjunctions of the trans and nonbinary sapphic can help to do just that. ==== Derived terms ==== sapphic vice ==== Related terms ==== sapphism sapphist ==== Translations ==== === Noun === sapphic (plural sapphics) Alternative letter-case form of Sapphic. 2016 April 25, DT News [Los Angeles Downtown News], page 17: April 29: Thao & The Get Down Stay Down host local rock sapphics Kera & the Lesbians. === Further reading ===