DAEDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Daedal mean? 

• DAEDAL (noun)
  The noun DAEDAL has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus

  Familiarity information: DAEDAL used as a noun is very rare.

• DAEDAL (adjective)
  The adjective DAEDAL has 1 sense:

1. complex and ingenious in design or function

  Familiarity information: DAEDAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAEDAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Daedal; Daedalus

Instance hypernyms:

mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

• DAEDAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Complex and ingenious in design or function

Context example:

the daedal hand of nature

Similar:

complex (complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts)