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phrygian |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Phrygian \Phryg"i*an\, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Phrygia. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) A Montanist. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Phrygian \Phryg"i*an\, a. [L. Phrygius Gr ?, fr ? Phrygia, a country of Asia Minor.] Of or pertaining to Phrygia, or to its inhabitants. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Phrygian n : a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved only in a few inscriptions [syn: {Phrygian}]
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