Ossianic

American  

[os-ee-an-ik, osh-ee-] / ˌɒs iˈæn ɪk, ˌɒʃ i- /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Ossian, the poetry attributed to him, or the rhythmic prose published by James Macpherson in 1762–63, purporting to be a translation from the Scottish Gaelic.

2. grandiloquent; bombastic.

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Ossianic British  

/ ˌɒsɪˈænɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or reminiscent of Ossian, a legendary Irish hero and bard of the 3rd century _a.d

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Etymology

Origin of Ossianic

First recorded in 1800–10; Ossian + -ic

Example Sentences

Martin painted such republican effusions as The Bard, 1817, an Ossianic Welsh sage ranting from a cliff at English legions passing in the gorge below, prophesying the death of empire.

From Time Magazine Archive

So ripe were the times for the Ossianic poems that if they had not existed, someone would have had to invent them.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Ossianic tales are, at their best, “Lovely apparitions, sent To be a moment's ornament.”

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

Ossian's Poems, 221-227; the Ossianic Hermitage, 257, 258.

From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.

In his brain ran ever that Ossianic tide which has borne so many marvellous argosies through the troubled waters of the modern mind.

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona