labyrinthine
[lab-uh-rin-thin, -theen]
- of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- complicated; tortuous: the labyrinthine byways of modern literature.
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Also lab·y·rin·thi·an [lab-uh-rin-thee-uh n] /ˌlæb əˈrɪn θi ən/, lab·y·rin·thic.
Origin of labyrinthine
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Then he retraced his labyrinthian steps in a corresponding swath.
St. Cuthbert'sRobert E. Knowles
What an indescribable, unimaginable mass of labyrinthian motions must exist among these myriads of little bodies!
Aether and GravitationWilliam George Hooper
They hit on this plan because they feared an ambush on any of the labyrinthian trails leading off in other unexplored directions.
The Gilded ManClifford Smyth
The Polish election is the clue to the labyrinthian intrigues and royal tergiversations during the period of the interregnum.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume II.(of III) 1566-74John Lothrop Motley
A straight course lay open to Cutty, but he chose the labyrinthian because he was obsessed.
The Drums Of JeopardyHarold MacGrath
labyrinthine
labyrinthian (ˌlæbəˈrɪnθɪən) or labyrinthic (ˌlæbəˈrɪnθɪk)
- of or relating to a labyrinth
- resembling a labyrinth in complexity
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labyrinthine
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labyrinthine
(lăb′ə-rĭn′thĭn, -thēn′)- Of, relating to, resembling, or constituting a labyrinth.
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