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Sappha

Sappha proper noun: sappho.

Proper noun

Sappha

  1. (rare, feminist) Sappho.
    • Many of Sappha's poems have been lost because the church ordered them burned, along with Joan of Arc and other witches.1976, Xenia S. Williams, “The Power of History...or History Is Written by the Powerful”, in Dave Peterson, Jonathan Cross, Lyn Rosen, editors, A Gay Person's Guide to New England, 2nd edition

Origin of Sappha

Altered to contain the Romance feminine -a rather than the Romance masculine -o.

Questions about Sappha

What does Sappha mean?
Sappha means sappho.
What part of speech is Sappha?
Sappha is a proper noun.

Words near Sappha in the dictionary

  1. sapper
  2. sappers
  3. Sapperton
  4. sappest
  5. sappeth
  6. Sappha
  7. sapphic
  8. sapphic pop
  9. sapphic vice
  10. sapphically
  11. Sapphick

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