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.