OSSIANIC

Meaning of OSSIANIC in English

[Os.si.an.ic] adj (1808): of, relating to, or resembling the legendary Irish bard Ossian, the poems ascribed to him, or the rhythmic prose style used by James Macpherson in the poems he claimed to have translated from Ossian

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OSSIANIC — adjective Date: 1808 of, relating to, or resembling the legendary Irish bard Ossian, the poems ascribed to him, or the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OSSIANIC — |äs(h)ē|anik adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Ossian, 3d century A.D. legendary Irish warrior and bard asserted by James Macpherson to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OSSIANIC — (a.) Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, Ossian, a legendary Erse or Celtic bard.
Английский словарь Webster
OSSIANIC — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, Ossian, a legendary Erse or Celtic bard.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OSSIANIC — /os'ee an"ik, osh'ee-/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Ossian, the poetry attributed to him, or the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OSSIANIC — adjective Date: 1808 : of, relating to, or resembling the legendary Irish bard Ossian, the poems ascribed to him, or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OSSIANIC — adj of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, ossian, a legendary erse or celtic bard.
Webster English vocab
OSSIANIC — Ossianic BrE AmE ˌɒs i ˈæn ɪk ◂ AmE \ ˌɑːs- ˌɑːʃ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OSSIANIC — в стиле оссиана или приписываемых ему поэм; оссиановский высокопарный; напыщенный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OSSIANIC — в стиле оссиана или приписываемых ему поэм; оссиановский высокопарный; напыщенный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OSSIANIC — a 1. в стиле Оссиана или приписываемых ему поэм; оссиановский 2. высокопарный; напыщенный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OSSIANIC — (a) высокопарный; напыщенный; оссиановский
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
OSSIANIC — (0) в стиле оссиана
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
OSSIANIC — a 1. в стиле Оссиана или приписываемых ему поэм; оссиановский 2. высокопарный; напыщенный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
OSSIANIC — a 1. в стиле Оссиана или приписываемых ему поэм; оссиановский 2. высокопарный; напыщенный
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OSSIANIC — в стиле оссиана или приписываемых ему поэм; оссиановский высокопарный; напыщенный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
OSSIANIC — в стиле оссиана или приписываемых ему поэм; оссиановский высокопарный; напыщенный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
OSSIANIC — Pronunciation: ˌ ä-s ē - ' a-nik, -sh ē - Function: adjective Date: 1808 : of, relating to, or resembling …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
OSSIANIC BALLADS — Irish Gaelic and Scottish lyric and narrative poems dealing with the legendary Finn MacCumhaill and his war band. They are …
Английский словарь Британика
OSSIANIC BALLADS — Irish lyric and narrative poems dealing with the legends of Finn MacCumhaill and his war band. They are named for …
Britannica English vocabulary
OSSIANIC BALLADS — Irish Gaelic and Scottish lyric and narrative poems dealing with the legendary Finn MacCumhaill and his war band. They are …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FENIAN CYCLE — or Fionn cycle or Ossianic cycle Irish tales and ballads centring on the deeds of the legendary Finn MacCumhaill (MacCool) …
Английский словарь Британика
DUAN — a poem or song in Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic literature. The word was used by James Macpherson for major …
Britannica English vocabulary
OSSIAN — Gaelic Oisn the Irish warrior-poet of the Fenian cycle of hero tales about Finn MacCumhaill (MacCool) and his war band, …
Britannica English vocabulary
MACPHERSON, JAMES — born Oct. 27, 1736, Ruthven, Inverness, Scot. died Feb. 17, 1796, Belville, Inverness Scottish poet whose initiation of the Ossianic …
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INTERROGATION OF THE OLD MEN, THE — Irish Agallamh Na Seanrach, also called Dialogue of the Ancients or Colloquy of the Ancients in Irish literature, the preeminent …
Britannica English vocabulary
FENIAN CYCLE — also called Fionn cycle or Ossianic cycle in Irish literature, tales and ballads centring on the deeds of the legendary …
Britannica English vocabulary
CELTIC LITERATURE — the body of writings composed in Irish and the languages derived from it, Scottish Gaelic and Manx, and in Welsh …
Britannica English vocabulary
CYCLE — n. business cycle carbon cycle Carnot cycle Fenian cycle Ossianic cycle Fionn cycle geochemical cycle hydrologic cycle nitrogen cycle Rankine …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FENIAN CYCLE — or Fionn cycle or Ossianic cycle Irish tales and ballads centring on the deeds of the legendary Finn MacCumhaill (MacCool) …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ORNATE — adj. elaborate, florid, overdone, laboured, rococo, baroque, gingerbread, arabesque, fancy, lavish, rich, flowery, busy, fussy, frilly, intricate; high-flown, euphuistic, Ossianic, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GRANDIOSE — adj. 1 pretentious, ostentatious, showy, flamboyant, bombastic, histrionic, extravagant, pompous, fustian, high-flown, high-flying, overambitious, overdone, over-dramatic, melodramatic, Ossianic, inflated, affected, …
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