daedal \'dee dəl\, adjective.
1. ingenious, skillful
2. variously adorned; diversified
3. intricate; mazelike
The use seems mainly restricted to poetry, and not much recently. Shelley's used it a couple of times.
In Greek mythology, Daedelus created the labyrinth where the Minotaur was kept.
Etymology: from the Greek daidalos skillful; skillfully wrought.
anophelosis (an 'of elosis), noun. a morbid state due to extreme frustration.I feel a little sheepish posting this word, as my primary source is the vocabulary from the credits of Pinky and the Brain.
Etymology: Greek ophelos advantage, gain, or profit; something heaped up; anophelos without any benefit
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Workplace
A daedal team halts,
Grim, thin-lipped, and tired of it all;
Anophelosis.
One by one they cry,
"And the horse you rode in on".
One by one, they go.
