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/deed"l/, adj.1. skillful; ingenious.2. cleverly intricate.3. diversified.[1580-90; < L daedalus skillful < Gk daídalos, equiv. to daidál(lein) to work with skill + -os adj. suffix]
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Daedal — D[ae] dal, Daedalian D[ae]*dal ian, a. [L. daedalus cunningly wrought, fr. Gr. ?; cf. ? to work cunningly. The word also alludes to the mythical D[ae]dalus (Gr. ?, lit., the cunning worker).] 1. Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
daedal — index elaborate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
daedal — (adj.) 1580s, skillful, cunning, from L. daedalus, from Gk. daidalos skillful, cunningly wrought. Also an anglicized form of the name DAEDALUS (Cf. Daedalus) from Greek mythology (1610s) … Etymology dictionary
daedal — [dēd′ l] adj. [L daedalus < Gr daidalos < daidallein, to work artfully < IE base * del , to split, carve > L dolere, to feel pain] Chiefly Literary 1. skillfully made 2. highly wrought … English World dictionary
daedal — adjective Etymology: Latin daedalus, from Greek daidalos Date: 1590 1. a. skillful, artistic b. intricate < the computer s daedal circuitry > 2. adorned with many things < visions of cloud and light and daedal earth are the airman s daily sc … New Collegiate Dictionary
daedal — adjective complex and ingenious in design or function the daedal hand of nature • Similar to: ↑complex … Useful english dictionary
daedal — adjective /ˈdiːdəl/ Skilful, ingenious, cunning. His daedale hand would faile, and greatly faint, / And her perfections with his error taint [...] … Wiktionary
daedal — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine, Daedalian, adept, adroit, apt, artistic, authoritative, balled up, bicolor, bicolored, bravura, brilliant, clean, clever, colorful, colory, complex, complicated, confounded, confused, convoluted, coordinated … Moby Thesaurus
daedal — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Difficult to understand because of intricacy: byzantine, complex, complicated, convoluted, Daedalian, elaborate, intricate, involute, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled. See SIMPLE … English dictionary for students
daedal — adj. formed with art; displaying inventive skill … English contemporary dictionary
