Os·si·an·ic
| \ ˌä-sē-ˈa-nik
, -shē- \
, -shē- \
Definition of Ossianic
: 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.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ossianic. Accessed 28 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of Ossianic was in 1788
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