icarus

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Noun icarus has 1 sense

Icarus - (Greek mythology) son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned
--₁ is a kind of mythical being

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Icarus

Definition:

(noun) In Greek mythology, Icarus was the son of Daedalus who tried to escape from Crete using wings made of feathers and wax but flew too close to the sun, causing his wings to melt and subsequently falling into the sea.

(noun) A person who is overly ambitious, takes unnecessary risks, or fails due to excessive self-confidence.

Examples:

Noun: According to Greek mythology, Icarus ventured too close to the sun despite his father's warnings and fell into the sea.

Noun: John, always chasing the impossible, proved to be an Icarus when his extravagant business plan bankrupted him.