phrygian

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Phryg=i=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

phrygian, a. [L. Phrygius, Gr. , fr. 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.

phrygian, n. 

•  A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.  [1913 Webster]
•  A Montanist.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

phrygian, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a native or inhabitant of ancient Phrygia in central Asia Minor.
2 the language of this people.
--adj. of or relating to Phrygia or its people or language.

Idiom

Phrygian bonnet (or cap) an ancient conical cap with the top bent forwards, now identified with the cap of liberty. Phrygian mode Mus. the mode represented by the natural diatonic scale E-E.