Lexic.us

Definition of Daedal

1. Adjective. Complex and ingenious in design or function. "The daedal hand of nature"

2. 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.

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 (current term) 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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