daedal

/ˈdiːdəl/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"His daedale hand would faile, and greatly faint, / And her perfections with his error taint […]"
"The daedal hand of Nature."
"Barquentine went into a form of a trance, the well-heads of his eyes appearing to cloud over and become opaque like miniature sargassos, of dull chalky-blue – the cataract veil – for it seemed that he was trying to remember the daedal days of his adolescence."

From Latin daedalus, from Ancient Greek δαίδαλος (daídalos, “skillful”).

more daedal (comparative) most daedal (superlative) dedal (alternative, archaic) dædal (alternative, archaic)

daedally

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How do you pronounce daedal?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdiːdəl/.

What does daedal mean?

Skilful, ingenious, cunning.

Where does daedal come from?

From Latin daedalus, from Ancient Greek δαίδαλος (daídalos, “skillful”).

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