Greek mythology An Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus.

synonym: Daedalus.

Complex and ingenious in design or function.

Roget 15: differing etc. v.; different, diverse, heterogeneous, multifarious, polyglot; distinguishable, dissimilar; varied, modified; diversified, various, divers, all manner of, all kinds of; variform etc. 81; daedal^†.    other, another, not the same; unequal etc. 28.    unmatched; widely apart, poles apart, distinctive; characteristic, discriminative, distinguishing.    incommensurable, incommensurate.    ... show more

Roget 440: variegated etc. v.; many-colored, many-hued; divers-colored, party-colored; dichromatic, polychromatic; bicolor^†, tricolor, versicolor^†; of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors; kaleidoscopic.    iridescent; opaline^†, opalescent; prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant^†; irisated^†, pavonine^†.    pied, piebald; motley; mottled, marbled; pepper and salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous^†.    mosaic, tesselated, plaid; tortoise shell etc. n.. spotted, spotty; punctated^†, powdered; speckled etc. v.; freckled, flea-bitten, studded; flecked, fleckered^†; striated, barred, veined; brinded^†, brindled; tabby; watered; grizzled; listed; embroidered etc. v.; daedal^†; naevose^†, stipiform^†; strigose^†, striolate^†.    (iii) PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT ... show more