{ , a. [ L. daedalus cunningly wrought, fr. Gr. &unr_;; cf. &unr_; to work cunningly. The word also alludes to the mythical Dædalus (Gr. &unr_;, lit., the cunning worker). ] 1. Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our bodies decked in our dædalian arms. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dædal hand of Nature. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

The doth the dædal earth throw forth to thee,
Out of her fruitful, abundant flowers. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Crafty; deceitful. [ R. ] Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Dædalian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Idalium, a mountain city in Cyprus, or to Venus, to whom it was sacred. “Idalian Aphrodité.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. ordalium. ] Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal. [ R. ] Maunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Sesqui- + pedal: cf. F. sesquipédal, L. sesquipedalis. ] Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words. [ 1913 Webster ]

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{ } n. Sesquipedality. [ 1913 Webster ]