daedal

  • 11daedal — adj. formed with art; displaying inventive skill …

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  • 12daedal — (L). Adorn; adorned …

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  • 13daedal — dae·dal …

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  • 14daedal — dae•dal [[t]ˈdid l[/t]] adj. 1) skillful; ingenious 2) cleverly intricate 3) diversified • Etymology: 1580–90; < L daedalus skillful < Gk …

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  • 15daedal — /ˈdeɪdəl/ (say dayduhl) adjective Chiefly Poetic 1. skilful or ingenious. 2. showing skill or artistic cunning. 3. diversified. {Latin daedalus skilful, from Greek daidalos} …

  • 16daedal —   a. complicated; showing or needing skill; artistic; variegated.    ♦ daedalian,    ♦ daedalic, a. pertaining to Daedalus, in Greek myth., designer of the labyrinth of   Crete and inventor of flying wings; skilful; ingenious; labyrinthine.    ♦… …

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  • 17Daedal — 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 • Syn: ↑Daedalus • Topics: ↑Greek mythology • Instance Hypernyms: ↑mythical being …

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  • 18Daedalian — Daedal D[ae] dal, Daedalian D[ae]*dal ian, a. [L. daedalus cunningly wrought, fr. Gr. ?; cf. ? to work cunningly. The word also alludes to the mythical D[ae]dalus (Gr. ?, lit., the cunning worker).] 1. Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working;… …

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  • 19Difference — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Difference >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 difference difference Sgm: N 1 variance variance variation variety Sgm: N 1 diversity diversity dissimilarity &c. 18 Sgm: N 1 disagreement disagreement …

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  • 20Variegation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Variegation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 variegation variegation Sgm: N 1 colors colors dichroism trichroism Sgm: N 1 iridescence iridescence play of colors polychrome maculation spottiness striae …

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