adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Icarian
1585–95; < Latin Īcari ( us ) (< Greek Īkários of Icarus ) + -an
Example Sentences
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Ask her if Icarian stew has any role in her love for me.”
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2015
The last Icarian Utopia, at Cloverdale, Calif., fizzled out in 1895.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the course of his Icarian career he has attempted a transatlantic flight, served in a black Emperor's air corps, planned an expedition to China to fight the Japanese.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it must be remembered that it was an older man, Daedalus, an engineer and a sculptor, who designed the Icarian monoplane and successfully flew it from Crete to Italy.
From Time Magazine Archive
The merchant, dreading the south-west wind contending with the Icarian waves, commends tranquility and the rural retirement of his village; but soon after, incapable of being taught to bear poverty, he refits his shattered vessel.
From The Works of Horace by Horace
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