Icarian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Icarian \I*ca"ri*an\, a. [L. Icarius, Gr. ?, fr. ?, the mythic
     son of D[ae]dalus, 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.


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