mixolydian

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/ˌmɪk.səˈlɪ.di.jən/

adjective

Designating the Mixolydian mode, the highest of the ancient Greek modes, and now having final G and D dominant.

“Johann Jakob Froberger's piece Canzona V in G is in the mixolydian mode.”

OriginAncient Greek μιξο-Λυδιος →
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Meanings

mixolydian1

adjectivemixolydian (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of Mixolydian.

Mixolydian2

adjectiveMixolydian (not comparable)

alternative mixolydian

  1. not comparableentertainmentDesignating the Mixolydian mode, the highest of the ancient Greek modes, and now having final G and D dominant.

    Johann Jakob Froberger's piece Canzona V in G is in the mixolydian mode.

    1 more example

    It is susceptible of nodes or modes as far apart as hyperphrygian and mixolydian and of texts so divergent as priests haihooping round David's that is Circe's or what am I saying Ceres' altar and David's tip from the stable to his chief bassoonist about the alrightiness of his almightiness.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 15: Circe]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 474

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμιξο-Λυδιος“half-Lydian”
  2. EnglishMixolydian

From Ancient Greek μιξο-Λυδιος (mixo-Ludios, “half-Lydian”), from μιξο- (mixo-) (from base of μιγνυναι (mignunai, “to mix”)) + Λυδιος (Ludios, “Lydia (an ancient country in Asia Minor)”); named in reference to Lydian (another Greek mode).

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Translations

Finnish miksolyydinen
  • miksolyydinendesignating a mode in music having (in the C scale) final G and D dominant
German mixolydisch
  • mixolydischdesignating a mode in music having (in the C scale) final G and D dominant
Hungarian mixolíd
  • mixolíddesignating a mode in music having (in the C scale) final G and D dominant
Italian misolidio
  • misolidiodesignating a mode in music having (in the C scale) final G and D dominant
Portuguese mixolídio
  • mixolídiodesignating a mode in music having (in the C scale) final G and D dominant
Swedish mixolydisk
  • mixolydiskdesignating a mode in music having (in the C scale) final G and D dominant
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APA

mixolydian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mixolydian

MLA

“mixolydian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mixolydian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mixolydian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mixolydian.

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