Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Icarian

Icarian , adjective

[Latin Icarius, Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed}, the mythic son of Dadalus, 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.