phrygian : Idioms & Phrases


phrygian deity

  • noun deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor
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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).
Webster 1913

Phrygian stone

  • a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice, used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying and astringent.
Webster 1913

thraco-phrygian

  • noun an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family thought by some to be related to Armenian
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