Ossianesqueadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌɒsɪəˈnɛsk/, U.S.

/ˌɑsiəˈnɛsk/,

/ˌɑʃiəˈnɛsk/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Ossian , -esque suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Ossian (see Ossianic adj.) + -esque suffix. Compare French ossianesque (1853). Compare earlier Ossianic adj.

Imitating or suggesting the heroic or magniloquent style of the poems attributed to Ossian; = Ossianic adj. Occasionally as n.: this style or manner.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > style of an author, period, or work > style of specific author

Darwinianism1804

Johnsonianism1807

Johnsonism1807

Ossianesque1821

Johnsonese1831

Darwinism1840

Carlylese1858

Macaulayese1859

Ruskinese1863

Ruskinesque1873

Hegelese1886

Kiplingese1899

Borrovian1900

Runyonese1937

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > style of specific writer

Johnsonian1775

Ossianic1788

Johnsonese1851

Macaulayesque1856

Macaulayish1865

Voltairianized1872

Macaulayan1887

Ossianesque1889

Barriesque1894

Ouidaesque1909

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic

fleshyc1369

windya1382

unmeasureda1425

puffing1566

embossed1578

puffed1587

bombasted1589

fustian1592

puffya1594

full-mouthed1594

orificial1594

gouty1595

swelling1597

mouth-filling1598

taffeta1598

bombast1601

tiptoe-strouting1602

turgidous1602

swollen1605

dropsieda1616

exsufflicatea1616

turgent1621

ampullous1622

tympanous1625

high-flown1632

tumorousa1637

blustered1638

tumid1648

bombastical1649

ranting1650

inflated1652

tuftaffetya1658

pompiona1670

bombastic1704

dropsical1721

thundering1725

turgid1725

exsuffolate1744

Lexiphanic1767

hi cockalorum1783

Ossianic1788

mouthing1814

mouthy1827

sophomoric1837

highfalutin1839

sophomorical1847

spread eagle1853

tumescent1882

Herodian1886

Ossianesque1889

Barnumesque1890

1821 Examiner 24 June 395/2 An Ossianesque and pleasurable solemnity [in a Fuseli painting].

1878 L. Stephen Johnson 116 A man who utterly despised the scenery of the Hebrides as compared with Greenwich Park or Charing Cross, would hardly take kindly to the Ossianesque version of the mountain passion.

1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. viii. 359 At its worst, it..degenerates towards a rather unpleasant Ossianesque.

1889 Athenæum 21 Sept. 382/2 The subject being treated with an Ossianesque turgidity of phrase.

1912 C. H. C. Wright Hist. French Lit. 606 Napoleon was a prolific reader of literature of a certain kind, Ossianesque in vagueness and sentimental in plot.

1963 H. E. Jacob Felix Mendelssohn 204 Wagner, impressed by Mendelssohn's melancholic, Ossianesque motif, had stowed it away in his memory and fetched it out fourteen years later.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ossianesque
释义	Ossianesqueadj.n. Brit. /ˌɒsɪəˈnɛsk/, U.S. /ˌɑsiəˈnɛsk/, /ˌɑʃiəˈnɛsk/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Ossian , -esque suffix. Etymology: < the name of Ossian (see Ossianic adj.) + -esque suffix. Compare French ossianesque (1853). Compare earlier Ossianic adj. Imitating or suggesting the heroic or magniloquent style of the poems attributed to Ossian; = Ossianic adj. Occasionally as n.: this style or manner. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > style of an author, period, or work > style of specific author Darwinianism1804 Johnsonianism1807 Johnsonism1807 Ossianesque1821 Johnsonese1831 Darwinism1840 Carlylese1858 Macaulayese1859 Ruskinese1863 Ruskinesque1873 Hegelese1886 Kiplingese1899 Borrovian1900 Runyonese1937 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > style of specific writer Johnsonian1775 Ossianic1788 Johnsonese1851 Macaulayesque1856 Macaulayish1865 Voltairianized1872 Macaulayan1887 Ossianesque1889 Barriesque1894 Ouidaesque1909 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic fleshyc1369 windya1382 unmeasureda1425 puffing1566 embossed1578 puffed1587 bombasted1589 fustian1592 puffya1594 full-mouthed1594 orificial1594 gouty1595 swelling1597 mouth-filling1598 taffeta1598 bombast1601 tiptoe-strouting1602 turgidous1602 swollen1605 dropsieda1616 exsufflicatea1616 turgent1621 ampullous1622 tympanous1625 high-flown1632 tumorousa1637 blustered1638 tumid1648 bombastical1649 ranting1650 inflated1652 tuftaffetya1658 pompiona1670 bombastic1704 dropsical1721 thundering1725 turgid1725 exsuffolate1744 Lexiphanic1767 hi cockalorum1783 Ossianic1788 mouthing1814 mouthy1827 sophomoric1837 highfalutin1839 sophomorical1847 spread eagle1853 tumescent1882 Herodian1886 Ossianesque1889 Barnumesque1890 1821 Examiner 24 June 395/2 An Ossianesque and pleasurable solemnity [in a Fuseli painting]. 1878 L. Stephen Johnson 116 A man who utterly despised the scenery of the Hebrides as compared with Greenwich Park or Charing Cross, would hardly take kindly to the Ossianesque version of the mountain passion. 1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. viii. 359 At its worst, it..degenerates towards a rather unpleasant Ossianesque. 1889 Athenæum 21 Sept. 382/2 The subject being treated with an Ossianesque turgidity of phrase. 1912 C. H. C. Wright Hist. French Lit. 606 Napoleon was a prolific reader of literature of a certain kind, Ossianesque in vagueness and sentimental in plot. 1963 H. E. Jacob Felix Mendelssohn 204 Wagner, impressed by Mendelssohn's melancholic, Ossianesque motif, had stowed it away in his memory and fetched it out fourteen years later. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1821
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