Definition of Daedal

1. 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.

Exact synonyms: Daedalus
Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Mythical Being

2. Adjective. Complex and ingenious in design or function. "The daedal hand of nature"
Similar to: Complex

Definition of Daedal

1. Adjective. Skilful, ingenious, cunning. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Daedal

1. skillful [adj] - See also: skillful

Lexicographical Neighbors of Daedal

dadgum
dadgummit
dadlike
dado
dado plane
dado rail
dado rails
dadoed
dadoes
dadoing
dados
dadrock
dads
dadsonite
dae
daedal
daedalean
daedalian
daedalic
daedally
daedalous
daedalum
daedatelum
daeing
daemon
daemones
daemonic
daemonical
daemonize
daemonized

Literary usage of Daedal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Description of Greece by Pausanias (1824)
"In remembrance of this reconciliation, they celebrate a festival which is called Daedal, because the ancients called wooden statues Daedalian. ..."

2. The Fortnightly Review (1880)
"And then, the effect of this Daedal skill in them was, that they came nearer to the proper form of humanity. It is the wonderful life-likeness of these ..."

3. A Look Round Literature by Robert Williams Buchanan (1887)
"... but surely he might have adopted the actual equivalent so repeatedly used by Shelley. Thus : Through thee the daedal Earth Brings forth fresh flowers. ..."

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