Found 2 items, similar to lydian.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Lydian Lydian n : an Anatolian language
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lydian Lydian \Lyd"i*an\, a. [L. Lydius, fr. Lydia, Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character. [1913 Webster] Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Lydian stone, a flint slate used by the ancients to try gold and silver; a touchstone. See Basanite. [1913 Webster]