See sapphist on Wiktionary
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"etymology_links": [
[
"sapphic",
"sapphic#English"
],
[
"-ist",
"-ist#English"
],
[
"Sapphist",
"Sapphist#English"
]
],
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"2": "sapphic",
"3": "-ist"
},
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"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From sapphic + -ist, by analogy with Sapphist (“admirer or student of Sappho”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sapphists",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Sapphist",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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}
],
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{
"categories": [
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "English terms suffixed with -ist",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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"name": "Sexual orientations",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "sapphistry"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A lesbian."
],
"id": "en-sapphist-en-noun-GLjU~WJ5",
"links": [
[
"lesbian",
"lesbian"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "Sapphic"
},
{
"word": "sapphism"
},
{
"word": "sapphistic"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "beanflicker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "bulldiker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "bulldyker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "carpet muncher"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "chemise lifter"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "clam smacker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "clitorist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "crack snacker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "donut bumper"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "dyke"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "flat cracker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "gayelle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "gap-lapper"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "gynecophile"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"in Maori communities"
],
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"tags": [
"New-Zealand",
"historical"
],
"word": "kamp"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "lesbian"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "lesbianist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "lesbo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "lezzer"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "lezzie"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "lezzo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "lizzie"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"tags": [
"Polari"
],
"word": "palone-omi"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "rug muncher"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "Sapphic"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "sapphist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "scissor sister"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "todger dodger"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "tribade"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "tribadist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "tribady"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "vagitarian"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "lesbijka",
"sense": "lesbian",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лесбийка"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "lesbian",
"word": "sapfolainen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "lesbian",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "safistka"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsæ.fɪst/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsæ.fəst/",
"note": "weak vowel merger"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "sapphist"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "sapphistry"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"sapphic",
"sapphic#English"
],
[
"-ist",
"-ist#English"
],
[
"Sapphist",
"Sapphist#English"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sapphic",
"3": "-ist"
},
"expansion": "sapphic + -ist",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From sapphic + -ist, by analogy with Sapphist (“admirer or student of Sappho”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sapphists",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Sapphist",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "sapphist (plural sapphists)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "Sapphic"
},
{
"word": "sapphism"
},
{
"word": "sapphistic"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English eponyms",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -ist",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"en:LGBTQ",
"en:Sexual orientations"
],
"glosses": [
"A lesbian."
],
"links": [
[
"lesbian",
"lesbian"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "beanflicker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "bulldiker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "bulldyker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "carpet muncher"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "chemise lifter"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "clam smacker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "clitorist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "crack snacker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "donut bumper"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "dyke"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "flat cracker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "gayelle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "gap-lapper"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "gynecophile"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"in Maori communities"
],
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"tags": [
"New-Zealand",
"historical"
],
"word": "kamp"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "lesbian"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "lesbianist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "lesbo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "lezzer"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "lezzie"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "lezzo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "lizzie"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"tags": [
"Polari"
],
"word": "palone-omi"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "rug muncher"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "Sapphic"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "sapphist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "scissor sister"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "todger dodger"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "tribade"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "tribadist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "tribady"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:gay woman",
"word": "vagitarian"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsæ.fɪst/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsæ.fəst/",
"note": "weak vowel merger"
},
{
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"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "lesbijka",
"sense": "lesbian",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лесбийка"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "lesbian",
"word": "sapfolainen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "lesbian",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "safistka"
}
],
"word": "sapphist"
}
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