Phry̆ġ'i-an, a.

a. [Lat. Phrygius, Gr. Φρύγιος, from Phrygia, in Asia Minor.] Of, or pertaining to, Phrygia;—applied to a sprightly, animated kind of music among the ancients, which was well suited to martial instruments.

Phrygian stone, a stone described by the ancients, used in dyeing; a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice, said to be drying and astringent.