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Ossian Os·sian

Spelling: [osh-uh n, os-ee-uh n]

IPA: /ˈɒʃ ən, ˈɒs i ən/

Ossian is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in Ossian (ainoss).

Definitions for Ossian

noun

1. a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.

Examples for Ossian

Ossian poked his long nose into her calf, and that gave her a little comfort.

It is like closing a volume of Ossian and opening the pages of Theocritus.

That the poetry so denominated was, in substance, composed by Ossian we have no doubt.

"Ossian" perhaps must have some of the credit: the Bible still more.

We may take as typical the story of Oisin, or Ossian, as told in Ireland.

I should not like to be condemned to read nothing but Ossian for a year.

I suppose my opinion of the poems of Ossian is already discovered.

Ossian was the rage—quotations from the blind bard of Morven were in every one's mouth.

If Ossian is not a myth, when and where did he live and sing?

"Ossian's Poems," replied Margaret, without a moment's hesitation.