'Phrygian mode' definitions:

Definition of 'Phrygian mode'

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  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]