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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OSSIANIC

OSSIANIC Os `si *an "ic, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, Ossian, a legendary Erse or Celtic bard. The compositions might be fairly classed as Ossianic. G. Eliot.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Ossian

Os sian |ˈäsēən ˈɑsiən | a legendary Irish warrior and bard, whose name became well known in 1760 –63 when the Scottish poet James Macpherson (1736 –96 ) published his own verse as an alleged translation of 3rd-century Gaelic tales. Irish name Oisin. DERIVATIVES Os si an ic adjective

 

Oxford Dictionary

Ossian

Ossian |ˈɒʃɪən, ˈɒsɪ -| a legendary Irish warrior and bard, whose name became well known in 1760 –3 when the Scottish poet James Macpherson (1736 –96 ) published his own verse as an alleged translation of 3rd-century Gaelic tales. Irish name Oisin.

 

Duden Dictionary

Ossian

Os si an Eigenname |O ssian auch ɔˈsi̯aːn |sagenhafter keltischer Barde