PHRYGIAN

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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.

2.
n.

A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.

3.
n.

A Montanist.