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DAEDAL
daedal
(adjective) complex and ingenious in design or function; “the daedal hand of nature”
Daedalus, Daedal
(noun) (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
daedal (comparative more daedal, superlative most daedal)
Skilful, ingenious, cunning.
• J. Philips
Anagrams
• la de da, la-de-da
Source: Wiktionary
Dæ"dal, Dæ*dal"ian, a. Etym: [L. daedalus cunningly wrought, fr. Gr. ; cf. to work cunningly. The word also alludes to the mythical Dædalus (Gr. , lit., the cunning worker).]
1. Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious. Our bodies decked in our dædalian arms. Chapman. The dædal hand of Nature. J. Philips. The doth the dædal earth throw forth to thee, Out of her fruitful, abundant flowers. Spenser.
2. Crafty; deceitful. [R.] Keats.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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