Sapphick

Full definition of Sapphick

Adjective

1. Obsolete form of Sapphic
• 1728, John Hughes in The PreÅ¿ent State of the Republick of Letters, Volume I., page #422:The Sapphick meaÅ¿ure is indeed very muÅ¿ical, and what Horace Å¿eems beÅ¿t to hace practiÅ¿ed ; but methinks it is too Å¿oft, and fit only to be employed on love and pleaÅ¿ant eaÅ¿y Å¿ubjects : it Å¿eems too much confined, like the uÅ¿ual meaÅ¿ure of our Å¿ongs, and the lofty Å¿enÅ¿e of Å¿ome of his Odes is above it.