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Os•si•an•ic
(os′ē an′ik, osh′ē-),USA pronunciation adj.
- 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.
- grandiloquent;
bombastic.
- Ossian + -ic 1800–10