|äs(h)ē|anik adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Ossian, 3d century A.D. legendary Irish warrior and bard asserted by James Macpherson to be the author of the alleged Gaelic epic poems of which Macpherson's Fingal (1762) and Temora (1763) are purported to be English translations + English -ic
: 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 his alleged translations