{ , 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 ]

Dedalian

a. See Dædalian. [ 1913 Webster ]

Idalian

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

Ordalian

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

Pedalian

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

Sesquipedalian

{ } 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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Sesquipedalism

{ } n. Sesquipedality. [ 1913 Webster ]

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大连

[大连 / 大連, Dà lián, ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ]Dalian prefecture level city in Liaoning#3294[Add to Longdo]

大连市

[大连市 / 大連市, Dà lián shì, ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ]Dalian prefecture level city in Liaoning#16476[Add to Longdo]

旅顺

[旅顺 / 旅順, Lǚ shùn, ㄌㄩˇ ㄕㄨㄣˋ]Lüshun; Lüshunkou district of Dalian city 大連市|大连市, Liaoning; called Port Arthur during Russian occupation and Russian-Japanese war of 1905#38025[Add to Longdo]

日月潭

[日月潭, Rì yuè tán, ㄖˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄊㄢˊ]Sun and moon lake (e.g. Dalian, Taiwan etc)#54739[Add to Longdo]

大连理工大学

[大连理工大学 / 大連理工大學, Dà lián Lǐ gōng Dà xué, ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄥㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ]Dalian University of Technology#55496[Add to Longdo]

五大连池

[五大连池 / 五大連池, Wǔ dà lián chí, ㄨˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄔˊ](N) Wudalianchi (city in Heilongjiang)#86856[Add to Longdo]

旅顺口区

[旅顺口区 / 旅順口區, Lǚ shùn kǒu qū, ㄌㄩˇ ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄩ]Lüshunkou district of Dalian city 大連市|大连市, Liaoning#89431[Add to Longdo]

旅顺港

[旅顺港 / 旅順港, Lǚ shùn gǎng, ㄌㄩˇ ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄍㄤˇ]Lüshun port, on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula; called Port Arthur during Russian occupation and Russian-Japanese war of 1905; in Lüshunkou district of Dalian 大連|大连, Liaoning#175125[Add to Longdo]

旅顺口