Sapphist 

An alternate term for lesbian or a lover of women. It describes a female who is fond of women, may it be emotional, romantic, aesthetic of sexual affection. It's a more poetical term for a female homosexual and can be preferred over lesbian, gay and homosexual.

The term derives from the Greek poet Sappho, who lived on the Isle of Lesbos. She mostly wrote about women and loving women. The term sapphist (or lesbian) can also describe a citizen of Lesbos.

"This author said she's a sapphist. What does that mean?"
- "It means that she likes women."

"My aunt loves women, writes about them and has read Sappho's poems. She's the greatest sapphist I know."

"My uncle is a sapphist. He comes from Mytilene, the capital of Lesbos."

Sapphist by angstybutterfly August 18, 2016

sapphist 

A word for a woman who loves other women. This love can cover everything from emotional, physical, spiritual, and sexual love. It is an older term for women who love women. It derives from the poet Sappho, who lived on the Isle of Lesbos. Sappho wrote poetry, mostly about women and loving women.
It's a term that some women prefer over the ever popular and sometimes bastardized term lesbian. It's usually only a term that one woman can give herself (unless she still lives in Lesbos... but in that circumstance it means something different, and has no lesbian connotations).

"I love women - I am a sapphist"

"My aunt only loves women, she writes about them, and is even living with one. She is a self-proclaimed sapphist"

"I love women, I respect women, and I am happy with the fact that I'm a sapphist"

sapphist by Diamanda Graves July 7, 2008

quiescent sapphist 

1- A female of any sexual affiliation who has lesbian feelings that are intentionally abandoned (and sometimes, re-abandoned) with the intention never to act upon her sapphic tendencies.

2- An inactive lesbian, out or closeted.

3- A bisexual female with intentionally repressed lesbian desires and actions who may or may not refer to herself as heterosexual.

Pronounciation: qwee-ess-unt saf-ist

She's happily married and attracted to John Doe, in a heterosexual relationship, while she is also a quiescent sapphist.

Isabella told her fiance that she preferred to identify as a heterosexual who is also a quiescent sapphist.

Lillian is a lesbian who chooses to live a celibate life and to completely reject her lesbian thoughts, desires, feelings, making no actions toward them, while at the same time admitting that they remain there, albeit dormant.

Gio is bisexual, but stifles her lesbian tendencies while admitting that she does in fact have lesbian desires.

quiescent sapphist by Junetopia September 17, 2010

sapphism 

Sapphism is a word unknown to most of the world. It is a synonym for lesbianism. The word Sapphism originates from the lesbian poet Sappho who lived on the island of Lesbos.

What is unknown to most is that Sapphism and lesbianism are the same thing!

sapphism by Artemis Elani December 11, 2008

Sapphisticated 

adj. (suh-fis-teh-kay-ted)

1. having or appealing to fashionable and refined tastes and habits in accordance with the popular lesbian community: a sapphisticated chick
2. intelligent, knowledgeable or able to appreciate lesbian culture, society and arts: an abundance of sapphisticated friends

The new ladies event at the nightclub was teeming with the sapphisticated, Hollywood-hipster set.

Sapphisticated by Jocelyn_pinkpassport January 16, 2009

Sapphicsticated

(sah-fix-teh-kay-dud)
Noun
-Embodies sapphic qualities as well as a certain degree of sophistication.
-A well-mannered, classy sapphist.
-Posesses Bo Intellect or Lesbian Intellect

Verb
-A female who has evolved from being strictly heterosexual. Woman may be of bisexual orientation who is more interested in the same sex or strictly lesbian.

Sadly, not enough women are sapphicsticated. ;)

Sapphicsticated by CadyElle September 14, 2007

sapphictwinkerbell 

the hottest person on earth

very attractive and funny

i’m in love with sapphictwinkerbell

sapphictwinkerbell by bbhgsfjjiojsarfcimnotabot June 12, 2021