Complete Definition of "Locrian"

English

Etymology
From Latin Locris.

Pronunciation
IPA: /'l��kɹɪ�n/

Adjective
Locrian

  1. pertaining to the ancient Greek region of w:Locris|Locris
  2. music designating an ancient Greek mode, of uncertain detail

#:*1973: 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) � Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

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