Ozymandian
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ozymandias + -ian.
Adjective
[edit]Ozymandian (comparative more Ozymandian, superlative most Ozymandian)
- Suggesting or pertaining to Shelley's Ozymandias, a proud king whose empire and memory have long since crumbled into obscurity.
- 2002, Niklas Holzberg, The Ancient Fable: An Introduction, page 1:
- Travelers in the antique land of the genre fable will find themselves confronted not perhaps by a wreck of Ozymandian proportions, but still with a sizable selection of rubble.
- 2013, James Astill, The Great Tamasha:
- Delhi is littered with the Ozymandian debris of empires.