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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Phrygian \Phryg"i*an\, adjective [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Phrygian \Phryg"i*an\, noun
1. A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) A Montanist.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Phrygian
noun
1: a native or inhabitant of Phrygia
2: a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved only in a few inscriptions
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