Locrian
English
Etymology
From Latin Locris + -an.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈləʊkɹiən/, /ˈlɒkɹiən/
Adjective
Locrian (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Locris.
- (music) Designating an ancient Greek mode, of uncertain detail.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
- scattered piano keys (all white, an octave on B to be exact—or H, in the German nomenclature—the notes of the rejected Locrian mode
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- (music) Designating a minor scale with the second and fifth scale degrees lowered by a semitone.
Translations
pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Locris
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music: designating an ancient Greek mode, of uncertain detail
music: designating a minor scale with the second and fifth scale degrees lowered by a semitone
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Anagrams
- Clarion, acrinol, alicorn, carolin, clairon, clarino, clarion