Ozymandian

English

Etymology

Ozymandias +‎ -ian

Adjective

Ozymandian (comparative more Ozymandian, superlative most Ozymandian)

1. 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.