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

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Ossianic

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

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

I follow again de Jubainville's translation; but in connexion with this and the previous poems see also Ossianic Society's “Transactions,” vol. v.

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

They are seldom without a natural and original poetic sense,—and their language has a wild Ossianic music.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various

I have found that the dirge here goes naturally into a sort of Ossianic rhythm.

From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes