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Lesbian
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- 1 Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.
"Lesbian fans of the show were rooting for Jane and Amanda to get together."
- 2 Of or pertaining to the island of Lesbos.
"Within twenty-four hours of quitting the security of a Lesbian port, all the contrarieties I had experienced were to be exceeded by the horrors of a tremendous hurricane."
- 3 Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.; Preferring primarily women as romantic or sexual partners. broadly
- 4 Of or pertaining to the Lesbian variety of Aeolic Greek.
- 5 Between two or more women; homosexual, gay.
"a lesbian relationship / marriage / kiss"
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- 6 Alternative letter-case form of lesbian (“of women: gay”). alt-of
"Except two breeds—the stupid and the narrowly feline—all women have a touch of the Lesbian: an assertion all good non-analytic creatures refute with horror, but quite true: there is always the poignant intensive personal taste, the flair of inner-sex, in the tenderest friendships of women."
- 7 Intended for lesbians. especially
"We're going to a lesbian bar tonight."
- 8 Amatory; erotic. archaic
"Lesbian novels"
- 9 Alternative letter-case form of Lesbian (“of or pertaining to the island of Lesbos”). alt-of, archaic
- 1 of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman wordnet
- 1 A homosexual woman, one who is exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women.
"There have also been women who loved other women. These are the Lesbians or Tribades."
- 2 A native or inhabitant of Lesbos. countable
- 3 a resident of Lesbos wordnet
- 4 A female animal that performs courtship, pairing or mating behavior with other female animals. uncommon
"There was one recently that determined on an island off California 14 percent of the female sea gulls were lesbians (and we know that kind of thing would never go among Nantucket sea gulls)."
- 5 The variety of Aeolic Greek spoken on Lesbos from about 800 to 300 b.c., best known from the writings of Sappho and Alcaeus of Mytilene. uncountable
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- 6 a female homosexual wordnet
- 7 Alternative letter-case form of Lesbian (“native or inhabitant of Lesbos.”). alt-of, archaic
- 8 A sweet, mild wine made on Lesbos in ancient times. countable, historical, uncountable
"Our Saviour in the gospel preferreth old wine before new; & Aristotle liketh better of the wine of Lesbos, the the^([sic]) wine of Rhodes; he affirmeth both to be good, but the Lesbian the more pleasant, alluding vnder that parable to the successour of his schoole, and noting his choise rather of Theophrastus borne at Lesbos, then Menedemus at Rhodes."
- 9 Alternative letter-case form of lesbian (“gay woman”). alt-of, countable
- 1 To (cause to) take part in lesbian sex, or other lesbian activity. ambitransitive, informal, nonstandard
"That's the way I want to go – Lesbianed to death."
Etymology
From Latin Lesbiana, from Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos) + Latin adjective suffix -iana; by reference to Sappho of Lesbos (whence also sapphist, sapphic), known for her sentimental poems about women. This sense of the word may have been borrowed from, or influenced by, the German cognate lesbisch, where it is found in medical literature from the 1830s.
From Latin Lesbiana, from Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos) + Latin adjective suffix -iana; by reference to Sappho of Lesbos (whence also sapphist, sapphic), known for her sentimental poems about women. This sense of the word may have been borrowed from, or influenced by, the German cognate lesbisch, where it is found in medical literature from the 1830s.
From Latin Lesbiana, from Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos) + Latin adjective suffix -iana; by reference to Sappho of Lesbos (whence also sapphist, sapphic), known for her sentimental poems about women. This sense of the word may have been borrowed from, or influenced by, the German cognate lesbisch, where it is found in medical literature from the 1830s.
From Latin Lesbius (“Lesbian”) (for further etymology, see Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos)) + adjective suffix -an, from Latin adjective suffix -anus. The sense of “gay woman” is a reference to Sappho, a famous inhabitant of Lesbos and gay poet.
From Latin Lesbius (“Lesbian”) (for further etymology, see Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos)) + adjective suffix -an, from Latin adjective suffix -anus. The sense of “gay woman” is a reference to Sappho, a famous inhabitant of Lesbos and gay poet.
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