Definition of Daedel
{ Dæ"dal (?), Dæ*dal"ian (?) },
a. [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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- skilful, ingenious
*1950: Barquentine went into a form of a trance, the well-heads of his eyes appearing to cloud over and become opaque like miniature sargassos, of dull chalky-blue – the cataract veil – for it seemed that he was trying to remember the daedal days of his adolescence. — Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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