1) A work of
great hubris, generally fleeting and devoid of meaning, especially a tremendous structure or public work.
2) Possessing the quality of a warning against such hubris,
esp. when the warning is presented ironically.
From the poem Ozymandias by
Percy Shelley.
ozymandianly
ozymandianess
1) The ozymandian islands of Dubai
will surely fascinate
future ethnographers of our wanton and insolent
age.
2) Michaelangelo's David was ozymandianly sold on Craig's List, adumbrating the end of the seemingly invulnerable Christie's/Sotheby's nexus.