Phryg"i*an, n. 1. A
native or inhabitant of Phrygia.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) A Montanist.
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.