English
Etymology
Greek μιξο-��διο� �half-Lydian�, from μιξο- (from base of μιγν�ναι �to mix�) + ��διο� (Lydia, an ancient country in Asia Minor, which gave its name to another Greek mode).

Pronunciation
IPA: /mɪks�'lɪdɪ�n/

Adjective
mixolydian

1. designating a mode in music, the highest of the ancient Greek modes, and now having final G and D dominant

#:*1922: It is susceptible of nodes or modes as far apart as hyperphrygian and mixolydian � James Joyce, Ulysses

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