Category:Daedal

Dæ"dal, Dæ*dal"ian, a. Etym: [L. daedalus cunningly wrought, fr. Gr. Dædalus (Gr., lit., the cunning worker).]
 * cf. to work cunningly. The word also alludes to the mythical

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.