labyrinthine

[ lab-uh-rin-thin, -theen ]

/ ˌlæb əˈrɪn θɪn, -θin /

adjective

of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.

complicated; tortuous: the labyrinthine byways of modern literature.

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Words nearby labyrinthine

labuan, laburnum, labyrinth, labyrinth fish, labyrinthectomy, labyrinthine, labyrinthine angiospasm, labyrinthine fluid, labyrinthine nystagmus, labyrinthine vein, labyrinthine vertigo

Also lab·y·rin·thi·an

[lab-uh-rin-thee-uh n] /ˌlæb əˈrɪn θi ən/, lab·y·rin·thic.

Origin of labyrinthine

First recorded in 1740–50; labyrinth + -ine¹

OTHER WORDS FROM labyrinthine

lab·y·rin·thi·cal·ly, adverb

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Example sentences from the Web for labyrinthian

With that, Pedro bade them a fond farewell, and departed along a labyrinthian way they could not follow.
Unexplored!|Allen Chaffee
I followed those tangled lines and labyrinthian ways into the vital places of our faithful vehicle.
The Car That Went Abroad|Albert Bigelow Paine
They hit on this plan because they feared an ambush on any of the labyrinthian trails leading off in other unexplored directions.
The Gilded Man|Clifford Smyth
He taught them to explore the labyrinthian avenues of human nature—the vast circuit of their own immortal minds.
Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution|L. Carroll Judson

What an indescribable, unimaginable mass of labyrinthian motions must exist among these myriads of little bodies!
Aether and Gravitation|William George Hooper

British Dictionary definitions for labyrinthian

labyrinthine

labyrinthian (ˌlæbəˈrɪnθɪən) or labyrinthic (ˌlæbəˈrɪnθɪk)

/ (ˌlæbəˈrɪnθaɪn) /

adjective

of or relating to a labyrinth

resembling a labyrinth in complexity

Derived forms of labyrinthine

labyrinthically, adverb

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Medical definitions for labyrinthian

labyrinthine

[ lăb′ə-rĭn′thĭn, -thēn′ ]

adj.

Of, relating to, resembling, or constituting a labyrinth.