Definition of Daedelian
{ 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)
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