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adjective
- 1. ingenious, intricate, and confusing: "this curious amalgamation of comfortable hotel and Daedalian cruise ship"
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Aug 19, 2024 · Daedalian is an adjective derived from Daedalus, a mythical inventor and craftsman. It means ingenious, artistic, intricate, skillful, or deceitful, depending on the context.
Daedalian is an adjective meaning difficult to understand because of intricacy, or a noun referring to a Greek mythological figure. Find out more about Daedalian's origin, usage, and related words in this online dictionary.
Daedalian is an adjective derived from Daedalus, a mythical inventor and craftsman in Greek mythology. It has three meanings, one of which is obsolete, and is pronounced /diːˈdeɪlɪən/ in British English.
cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious. Daedalian adjective. crafty; deceitful. Etymology: [L. daedalus cunningly wrought, fr. Gr. ; cf. to work cunningly. The word also alludes to the mythical Ddalus (Gr. , lit., the cunning worker).]
Daedalian is an adjective derived from Daedalus, a Greek mythological architect and inventor. Learn more about Daedalus, his labyrinth, and his wings, and find synonyms for Daedalian.
The meaning of DAEDALUS is the legendary builder of the Cretan labyrinth who makes wings to enable himself and his son Icarus to escape imprisonment.
Adjective. Daedalian ( comparative more Daedalian, superlative most Daedalian) Ingeniously or cunningly designed; artistic, ingenious, intricate, skillful. Chapman. Our bodies decked in our daedalian arms. Difficult to comprehend due to complexity or intricacy. Deceitful, duplicitous. Examples. Automatically generated practical examples in English:
