Icarian

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.