daedal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Latin daedalus, from Ancient Greek δαίδαλος (“‘skillful’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'di:dəl/

[edit] Adjective

daedal (comparative more daedal, superlative most daedal)

1. skilful, ingenious

   • 1950: 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. — Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aaddel
• la-de-da