Ossianic

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(os′ē anik, osh′ē-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Os•si•an•ic  (os′ē anik, osh′ē-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. of, pertaining 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 Scots Gaelic.
  2. grandiloquent;
    bombastic.
  • Ossian + -ic 1800–10


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