daedal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus
    Daedalus.
  2. adjective satellite complex and ingenious in design or function
    • the daedal hand of nature

WordNet

Dæ"dal, Dæ*dal"ian adjective (Also<
  • Daedal
  • Daedalian
  • Dædal
  • Dædalian
)
Etymology
L. daedalus cunningly wrought, fr. Gr. ; cf. to work cunningly. The word also alludes to the mythical Dædalus (Gr. , lit., the cunning worker).
Definitions
  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 1913