Meanings
noundaedalia pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyMiscellaneous items of an especially complex, intricate, ingenious (etc.) nature
A curious collection of devices, mechanisms, and other daedalia.
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"As another example, machines are epic, but automatons belong to romance. In Book V, Talus is a romance marvel, like all such daedalia; but in the allegory he has some of the functions and significance of an epic siege-engine."
1976, James Nohrnberg, The Analogy of The Faerie Queene, Princeton University Press, page 23
Origin
Back-formation from Daedalian.
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daedalia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daedalia
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“daedalia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daedalia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “daedalia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daedalia.
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