Post by t-bob on Jul 20, 2019 10:03:10 GMT -5
adjective
1. skillful; ingenious.
Quotes
After dinner, they took a turn in the garden; where Leontine was surprized [sic] to see how greatly the daedal hand of nature had been improved by the assistance of art. -- "The Danger of Deception; or, Loves of Clora and Leontine," The New Novelist's Magazine, Vol. 1, 1787 An unrestrained genius with a daedal mind, Plumer was New Hampshire's only Jeffersonian. -- John Reid, "The Arena of the Giants: Rockingham County, New Hampshire," ABA Journal, February 1960
Origin
The adjective daedal (also spelled dedal) comes via the Latin adjective daedalus and proper noun Daedalus from the Greek adjective daídalos “skillful, skillfully made” and proper noun Daídalos, the mythical Athenian hero who built the Labyrinth at Knossos for King Minos and was the father of Icarus. Further etymology is unclear: daídalos is likely to be from a pre-Greek language. Daedal entered English in the late 16th century.
1. skillful; ingenious.
Quotes
After dinner, they took a turn in the garden; where Leontine was surprized [sic] to see how greatly the daedal hand of nature had been improved by the assistance of art. -- "The Danger of Deception; or, Loves of Clora and Leontine," The New Novelist's Magazine, Vol. 1, 1787 An unrestrained genius with a daedal mind, Plumer was New Hampshire's only Jeffersonian. -- John Reid, "The Arena of the Giants: Rockingham County, New Hampshire," ABA Journal, February 1960
Origin
The adjective daedal (also spelled dedal) comes via the Latin adjective daedalus and proper noun Daedalus from the Greek adjective daídalos “skillful, skillfully made” and proper noun Daídalos, the mythical Athenian hero who built the Labyrinth at Knossos for King Minos and was the father of Icarus. Further etymology is unclear: daídalos is likely to be from a pre-Greek language. Daedal entered English in the late 16th century.