adjective
Etymology
Origin of daedal
First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin daedalus “skillful, dexterous,” from Greek daídalos “cunning, cunningly made,” equivalent to daidál(lein) “to work with skill” + -os adjective suffix
Example Sentences
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A mere haircut will no longer salvage the graying mop atop, aside and below his daedal pate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Let those who to this daedal Valley throng And by my tumid Ashes pass along, Let them be glad with this consoling Thought: I got a Market Value for my Song.
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr. by Irwin, Wallace
At a borrowed piano belonging to some vanished resident a trooper officiated; he was clothed in a grey back shirt and ammunition boots-- and displayed the daedal methods of a Fragson.
From With Botha in the Field by Ritchie, Eric Moore
Round his neck he slung that long daedal chain wherefrom St. George, slaying the Dragon, dangles.
From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
So, Bodily beauty, where Love is priestess, is a daedal spur to the loftiest worship.
From Hints for Lovers by Haultain, T. Arnold (Theodore Arnold)
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