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DAEDALIAN
Etymology
Adjective
Daedalian (comparative more Daedalian, superlative most Daedalian)
Ingeniously or cunningly designed; artistic, ingenious, intricate, skillful.
Difficult to comprehend due to complexity or intricacy.
Deceitful, duplicitous.
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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