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Ossianic (iou)



Ossianic adjective. E19.
[from Ossian Anglicized form of Oisin + -IC.]
Of or pertaining to Ossian (Oisin), a legendary Irish warrior and bard of the 3rd cent. AD whose poems James Macpherson (1736-96) claimed to have collected and translated, or the poems ascribed to him. Also, resembling the style or character of the poems by Macpherson ascribed to Ossian; inflated, bombastic.
'Ossianism noun M19.