 labyrinthine |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity | |
| Synonyms: | mazy labyrinthian | |
| Examples: | "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths" |
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| Related terms: | complex | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear | |
| Examples: | "labyrinthine deafness" |
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| Related terms: | inner_ear | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] highly involved or intricate | |
| Synonyms: | intricate tortuous tangled involved knotty convoluted Byzantine | |
| Examples: | "the Byzantine tax structure" "convoluted reasoning" "intricate needlework" "the plot was too involved" "a knotty problem" "labyrinthine maneuvering" "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott |
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| Related terms: | complex | |
| Similar spelling: |
labyrinth labyrinthian labyrinthitis labyrinthodont Labyrinthodonta |
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