sapphism

/ˈsæ.fɪ.zəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Scrabble Score

Letters

Syllables

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

"Its odd that yᵉ Roman Women did not borrow that horrible Vice from Greece—it has a Greek name now & is called Sapphism, but I never did hear of it in Italy where the Ladies are today exactly what Juvenal described them in his Time—neither better nor worse as I can find."

Etymology tree Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ)bor. Latin Sapphōlbor. English Sappho Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English sapphism From Sappho + -ism, referring to ancient Greek poet Sappho of Lesbos (c. 612 BCE – c. 570 BCE).

sapphisms (plural) Saphism (alternative, obsolete)

sapphist

sapphic WLW

lesbianism

Questions

How do you pronounce sapphism?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsæ.fɪ.zəm/.

What does sapphism mean?

Female homosexuality; lesbianism.

Where does sapphism come from?

How to pronounce sapphism

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “sapphism”.

Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈsæ.fɪ.zəm/) so you know which sounds to aim for.

Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “sapphism”.

Repeat and practice — Say “sapphism” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.