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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Phryg·i·an prop. a.  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.