Daedal

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdiːdÉ™l/

Alternative forms

• dædal

Origin

From Latin daedalus, from Ancient Greek δαίδαλος ("skillful").

Full definition of daedal

Adjective

1. Skilful, ingenious, cunning.
• Spenser Faerie Queene, III.i:His daedale hand would faile, and greatly faint,
  And her perfections with his error taint ....
• J. PhilipsThe daedal hand of Nature.
• Peake Titus GroanBarquentine 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.

Anagrams

• la de da, la-de-da