Daedalian

English Alternative forms en Daedalean Dedalian Etymology en :af Daedalus -ian + 1 Pronunciation en /dɪˈdeɪliən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Daedalian.wav Southern England Adjective Ingeniously or cunningly designed; artistic, ingenious, intricate, skillful. 1812, Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations volume 1, book 2, chapter 2, page 484, published in London by Cadell and Davies "The commerce and industry of the country, ... cannot be altogether so secure when they are thus, as it were, suspended upon the Daedalian wings of paper money as when they travel about upon the solid ground of gold and silver" w:Dwight Garner Book Review: 'Shadow Ticket,' by Thomas Pynchon https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/books/review/thomas-pynchon-shadow-ticket.html https://web.archive.org/web/20251110003534/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/books/review/thomas-pynchon-shadow-ticket.html 10 November 2025 2 October 2025 Hicks is both thwarter and thwartee of Daedalean plots. Aboard a train, the rhythm of the wheels sounds to him like "wottachump, wottachump, wottachump." Difficult to comprehend due to complexity or intricacy. deceitful, duplicitous. Derived terms en daedalia en eponyms