labyrinthine

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

/ ˌlæb əˈrɪn θɪn, -θin /

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adjective

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-uhn], /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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How to use labyrinthine in a sentence

Today's Internet, both more labyrinthian and better organized, offers a far greater wealth of dirty tricks.
8 New Internet Sex Fads|Rachel Kramer Bussel|November 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It is a labyrinthian house for its size, this old English Hall,—full of perplexity.
Doctor Grimshawe's Secret|Nathaniel Hawthorne
The labyrinthian mazes of the immortal mind must be explored and traced from earth to native heaven.
Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution|L. Carroll Judson
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

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

British Dictionary definitions for labyrinthine

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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labyrinthine

Origin of labyrinthine

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British Dictionary definitions for labyrinthine

labyrinthian (ˌlæbəˈrɪnθɪən) or labyrinthic (ˌlæbəˈrɪnθɪk)

Derived forms of labyrinthine