Phrygian

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phrygian \Phryg"i*an\, prop. a. [L. Phrygius, Gr. Fry`gios, fr.
     Frygi`a Phrygia, a country of Asia Minor.]
     Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants.
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     {Phrygian mode} (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek modes, very


        bold and vehement in style; -- so called because fabled to
        have been invented by the Phrygian Marsyas. --Moore
        (Encyc. of Music).
  
     {Phrygian stone}, a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice,
        -- used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying
        and astringent.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phrygian \Phryg"i*an\, prop. n.
     1. A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.
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     2. (Eccl. Hist.) A Montanist.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Phrygian
       n 1: a native or inhabitant of Phrygia
       2: a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants
          of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved only in a few
          inscriptions