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Labyrinthine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or constituting a labyrinth: "the labyrinthine corridors ... of bureaucratic red tape” ( William H. Hallahan).

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.

adj. Twisting, convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal; labyrinthian.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Pertaining to or like a labyrinth; intricate; involved.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear

adj. resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity

Word Usage

"It is that strange disquietude of the Gothic spirit that is its greatness; that restlessness of the dreaming mind, that wanders hither and thither among the niches, and flickers feverishly around the pinnacles, and frets and fades in labyrinthine knots and shadows along wall and roof, and yet is not satisfied, nor shall be satisfied."

Equivalent

complex

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

labyrinthal labyrinthian labyrinthic dædalian daedalian

Same Context

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