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Ossianic, a.|ɒʃɪ-, ɒsɪˈænɪk|
[f. Ossian, Macpherson's anglicized form of Oisin (ɔʃɪn), name of a legendary Gaelic bard, whose poems Macpherson claimed to have collected and translated as published by him in 1760–63.]
Of or pertaining to the legendary Ossian or to the poems ascribed to him; of the style or character of the rhythmic prose of Macpherson's rendering of these poems, which has a peculiar Celtic glamour and charm, but is marred by bombast and rant; hence, magniloquent, bombastic.
1808Edin. Rev. Jan., His Ossianic poetry. 1828Scott Jrnl. II. 122 Ballantyne blames the Ossianic monotony of my principal characters. 1881Athenæum 28 May 715/3 Those who wish to find what traces of the so-called Ossianic legends still linger in Alban.
So ˈOssianism, the sphere or realm of Ossianic legend and poetry; ˈOssianize v., to do into the form of Macpherson's English version of ‘Ossian’.
1862Macm. Mag. Sept. 430 It is a comfort for the tourist when he comes upon some one spot where he can see the old Gael walking out of Ossianism into the light of record. Such a spot is Dunstaffnage. 1814Southey in Q. Rev. XII. 85 The Ossianized Iliad could do no injury to our literature. |