## Meanings
1. A woman who is sexually and romantically attracted to other women.
2. Relating to women who are sexually and romantically attracted to other women.

## Examples
- She came out as a lesbian in her twenties.
- They have been in a lesbian relationship for ten years.

## Synonyms
- gay
- homosexual

## Derived Forms
- antilesbian
- celesbian
- cislesbian
- ex-lesbian
- hasbian
- husbian
- les
- lesbaru
- lesbean
- lesbi
- lesbianate
- lesbiandom

## Related Forms
- cunt-lapper
- cuntlapper

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: Lesbiana
- Root: Λέσβος

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Lesbian comes 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. The historical chain includes Lesbiana (Latin) and Λέσβος (Ancient Greek). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as antilesbian, celesbian, cislesbian, and ex-lesbian and related forms such as cunt-lapper and cuntlapper. In present use it covers a woman who is sexually and romantically attracted to other women and relating to women who are sexually and romantically attracted to other women.

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- People & Society
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