Locrian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈləʊkɹɪən/

Origin

From Latin Locris.

Full definition of Locrian

Adjective

1. pertaining to the ancient Greek region of 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

Anagrams

• Alicorn, clairon, clarion