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单词 Daedalian
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Definition of Daedalian in English:

Daedalian

adjective diːˈdeɪlɪən
  • Ingenious, intricate, and confusing.

    this curious amalgamation of comfortable hotel and Daedalian cruise ship
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was unable to wind his way through the Daedalian mazes of a modern bill of fare.
    • As we leave Oban, we begin to find our way around this curious amalgamation of comfortable hotel and Daedalian cruise ship.
    • This informed his interest in machinery, in difficult texts, and in Daedalian structures such as labyrinths and winding stairs.
    • Beauty of contrivance, adaptation, or mechanism we have called Daedalian beauty.
    • To answer this is, however, to wander into a Daedalian labyrinth of conjectures.
    Synonyms
    complex, complicated, convoluted, tangled, entangled, ravelled, twisted, knotty, maze-like, labyrinthine, winding, serpentine, circuitous, sinuous

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin Daedaleus 'relating to Daedalus' + -ian.

 
 
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