Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Ingenious and complex in design or function; intricate.
- adjective Finely or skillfully made or employed; artistic.
from The Century Dictionary.
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dedal .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious.
- adjective rare Crafty; deceitful.
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- adjective
Skilful ,ingenious ,cunning .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective complex and ingenious in design or function
- 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
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ides is the beau ideal of casting, and boasts a crisp script as well as daedal plot coils and shadowy shots reminiscent of 1960s cinema stylings.
Felice Arenas: George Clooney: 'Hollywood Could Teach a Lot to Politicians' Felice Arenas 2011
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Ides is the beau ideal of casting, and boasts a crisp script as well as daedal plot coils and shadowy shots reminiscent of 1960s cinema stylings.
Felice Arenas: George Clooney: 'Hollywood Could Teach a Lot to Politicians' Felice Arenas 2011
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Ides is the beau ideal of casting, and boasts a crisp script as well as daedal plot coils and shadowy shots reminiscent of 1960s cinema stylings.
Felice Arenas: George Clooney: 'Hollywood Could Teach a Lot to Politicians' Felice Arenas 2011
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Ides is the beau ideal of casting, and boasts a crisp script as well as daedal plot coils and shadowy shots reminiscent of 1960s cinema stylings.
Felice Arenas: George Clooney: 'Hollywood Could Teach a Lot to Politicians' Felice Arenas 2011
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Ides is the beau ideal of casting, and boasts a crisp script as well as daedal plot coils and shadowy shots reminiscent of 1960s cinema stylings.
Felice Arenas: George Clooney: 'Hollywood Could Teach a Lot to Politicians' Felice Arenas 2011
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By default I was the trailblazer for the last leg, trying to thrash a semblance of a path through the snarled, daedal jungle.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2010
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By default I was the trailblazer in this latest exercise, trying to thrash a semblance of a path through the snarled, daedal jungle.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2010
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By default I was the trailblazer for the last leg, trying to thrash a semblance of a path through the snarled, daedal jungle.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2010
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By default I was the trailblazer in this latest exercise, trying to thrash a semblance of a path through the snarled, daedal jungle.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2010
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By default I was the trailblazer in this latest exercise, trying to thrash a semblance of a path through the snarled, daedal jungle.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2010
thigpensrevenge commented on the word daedal
daedalus -- the cunning one -- built labyrinth at crete to confine minotaur; built wing of wax to escape labyrinth for he and icarus
January 7, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word daedal
"He led Stephen through a daedal of passages and stables to a courtyard..."
--O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 169
February 9, 2008
bilby commented on the word daedal
I sang of the dancing stars,
I sang of the daedal earth,
And of heaven, and the giant wars,
And love, and death, and birth.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, 'Hymn Of Pan'.
June 24, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word daedal
"Her heels click as she descends into the street. Alone, I turn to face the wall. I stare at the daedal patterns on the wallpaper."
Fish in Exile by Vi Khi Nao, p 21
May 23, 2017