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phrygian
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun phrygian has 2 senses
- phrygian(n = noun.person) Array - a native or inhabitant of Phrygia; Array is a kind of denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant
- phrygian(n = noun.communication) Array - a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved only in a few inscriptions; Array is a kind of thraco-phrygian
has particulars: colossian
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, 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.
--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.
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