单词 | sapphistic |
释义 | > as lemmasSaˈpphistic Saˈpphistic adj. somewhat rare (of a woman) attracted to, or engaging in sexual activity with, other women; lesbian. [Compare earlier Sapphic adj. 2.] ΚΠ c1910 ‘X. Mayne’ Intersexes viii. 246 Many of these unsexed women were similisexual—sapphistic prostitutes, or similar, in instincts and habits. 1913 J. M. Keynes Let. 23 Jan. in L. Mahood Feminism & Voluntary Action (2009) vii. 137 Margaret is more deeply entangled than ever in a Sapphistic affair. 1961 Man 61 41/1 She lives on Atiu with a woman from another island in a relationship which gives all the indications of being Sapphistic. < as lemmas |
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