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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A craze for Ossianic poetry. historical, uncountable
2. 2
   writing in the style of Ossian and particularly writing in the epic or legendary vein which is of a recent period but which claims to belong to antiquity. wordnet

Etymology

Ossian + -ism

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