Showing extremely skillful and intricate workmanship, often with a suggestion of cunning or deliberate complexity.
From Greek 'Daidalos' (Daedalus) with English '-ian' suffix, paralleling 'Daedalean'; all three forms (daedalean, daedaleous, daedalian) derive from the same mythological root.
We have three slightly different words (daedalean, daedaleous, daedalian) all from Daedalus—showing how languages expand one great story into multiple shades of meaning!
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