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daedal (dēd′l), adj.
1.  Complex or igenious in design or function; intricate.
2.  Skillfully made; artistic.

Etymology:  Greek daidolos, skillful, cunningly wrought.  The name Daedalus, from Greek mythology, shares the same meaning.


I sang of the dancing stars,
        I sang of the daedal Earth,
And of Heaven, and the giant wars,
        And Love, and Death, and Birth—
               And then I chang'd my pipings,
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, from "Hymn of Pan"

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Date: 2015-10-13 10:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kryptyd.livejournal.com
Good to know. I'm reading the Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man at the moment, incidentally.

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Date: 2015-10-16 02:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com
I suppose I ought to remember that Shelley used the word, no doubt multiple times. I associate daedal with Yeats, mostly.

---L.
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