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Webster 1913 Edition

Icarian

I-ca′ri-an

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Adj.
[L.
Icarius
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK], the mythic son of Dædalus, who, when flying from Crete on wings cemented with wax, mounted so high that the sun melted the wax, and he fell into the sea.]
Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.

Webster 1828 Edition

Icarian

ICA'RIAN

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Adj.
[from Icarus, the son of Daedalus, who fled on wings to escape the resentment of Minos, but his flight being too high was fatal to him, as the sun melted the wax that cemented his wings.]
Adventurous in flight; soaring too high for safety, like Icarus.

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