daedal

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Methinks no leaf would ever bud in spring, But for the lovers' lips that kiss, the poets' lips that sing Is the light vanished from our golden sun, Or is this daedal-fashioned earth less fair, That we are nature's heritors, and one With every pulse of life that beats the air?

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  1. adjective Ingenious and complex in design or function; intricate.
  2. adjective Finely or skillfully made or employed; artistic.

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  • German Unity Day: marks the date that East and West reunited after 45 years (1990) daedal adj. —  no.stupid.answers
  • This week we'll take a look at some phrases that came to us straight from Latin. daedal —  no.stupid.answers
  • Methinks no leaf would ever bud in spring, But for the lovers' lips that kiss, the poets' lips that sing Is the light vanished from our golden sun, Or is this daedal-fashioned earth less fair, That we are nature's heritors, and one With every pulse of life that beats the air? —  Ballad of Reading Gaol
  • I sang of the daedal Earth, —  God's Good Man
  • For thee the daedal Earth bears scented flowers, —  On the Nature of Things
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  1. Latin daedalus, from Greek daidalos.
 

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