ICARIAN

icarian. Icarian, a. soaring too high for safety, like Icarus

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I‐ca″ri‐an (?), a. [[L. Icarius, Gr. �, fr. �, 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.