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
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 Eric Moore Ritchie
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 Wallace Irwin
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 Sir Max Beerbohm
Or how, when thus restored, may daedal Earth Foster and plenish with her ancient food, Which, kind by kind, she offers unto each?
From On the Nature of Things by William Ellery Leonard
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