The Collaborative International Dictionary
Daedal \D[ae]"dal\, Daedalian \D[ae]*dal"ian\, a. [L. daedalus cunningly wrought, fr. Gr. ?; cf. ? to work cunningly. The word also alludes to the mythical D[ae]dalus (Gr. ?, lit., the cunning worker).]
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Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious.
Our bodies decked in our d[ae]dalian arms.
--Chapman.The d[ae]dal hand of Nature.
--J. Philips.The doth the d[ae]dal earth throw forth to thee, Out of her fruitful, abundant flowers.
--Spenser. Crafty; deceitful. [R.]
--Keats.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Ingeniously or cunningly designed; artistic, ingenious, intricate, skillful. 2 Difficult to comprehend due to complexity or intricacy. 3 deceitful, duplicitous.
Usage examples of "daedalian".
Then following the clew that, in the hands of the Abbe Faria, had been so skilfully used to guide him through the Daedalian labyrinth of probabilities, he thought that the Cardinal Spada, anxious not to be watched, had entered the creek, concealed his little barque, followed the line marked by the notches in the rock, and at the end of it had buried his treasure.