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lydian


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lydian  \Lyd"i*an\,  a.  [L.  Lydius  fr  Lydia,  Gr  ?.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  Lydia,  a  country  of  Asia  Minor,  or  to  its 
  inhabitants;  hence  soft;  effeminate;  --  said  especially  of 
  one  of  the  ancient  Greek  modes  or  keys,  the  music  in  which 
  was  of  a  soft,  pathetic,  or  voluptuous  character. 
 
  Softly  sweet  in  Lydian  measures,  Soon  he  soothed  his 
  soul  to  pleasures.  --Dryden. 
 
  {Lydian  stone},  a  flint  slate  used  by  the  ancients  to  try 
  gold  and  silver;  a  touchstone.  See  {Basanite}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Lydian 
  n  :  an  Anatolian  language  [syn:  {Lydian}] 




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