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English Dictionary: Phrygian by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Phrygian
n
  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
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phrygian \Phryg"i*an\, n.
      1. A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.
  
      2. (Eccl. Hist.) A Montanist.
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