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

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

It has been estimated177 that if all the tales and poems of the Ossianic Cycle which still remain could be printed they would fill some twenty-five volumes the size of this.

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

Were his forgeries perhaps instigated by the Ossianic mystification?

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

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

From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes