Associations to the word «Lydian»

Wiktionary

LYDIAN, noun. A native or inhabitant of ancient Lydia.
LYDIAN, proper noun. An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian subgroup.
LYDIAN, adjective. Pertaining to Lydia, or its people, language or culture.
LYDIAN, adjective. (music) Designating a mode of ancient Greek music, reputed to be light and effeminate.
LYDIAN MODE, noun. (music) a mode that is a major key with the fourth scale degree raised by one half step
LYDIAN STONE, noun. A flint slate used by the ancients to try gold and silver; a touchstone.

Dictionary definition

LYDIAN, noun. An Anatolian language.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats