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Labyrinthian

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lab·y·rin·thine  (lb-rnthn, -thn) lab·y·rin·thi·an (-th-n)
adj.
Of, relating to, resembling, or constituting a labyrinth: "the labyrinthine corridors ... of bureaucratic red tape" (William H. Hallahan).
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Adj.1.labyrinthian - resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths"
mazy, labyrinthine
complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"


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His brother Frederick of the dim eye, palsied hand, bent form, and groping mind, submissively shuffled at his side, accepting his patronage as he accepted every incident of the labyrinthian world in which he had got lost.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
But there was some substantial bulk of it behind, buried in the trees, which had a gray, labyrinthian look, like serpents of stone, and lifted a load of leafy towers to the sky.
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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