adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Icarian
1585–95; < Latin Īcari ( us ) (< Greek Īkários of Icarus ) + -an
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Ask her if Icarian stew has any role in her love for me.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2015
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
Minnesota's brash Democratic Senator Hubert Humphrey jumped up, expounded his own tax views, and was quickly routed when Millikin said: "That is an Icarian syllogism."
From Time Magazine Archive
The last Icarian Utopia, at Cloverdale, Calif., fizzled out in 1895.
From Time Magazine Archive
Including detailed accounts of the Economists, Zoarites, Shakers, the Amana, Oneida, Bethel, Aurora, Icarian, and other existing societies, their religious creeds, social practices, numbers, industries, and present condition.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park
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