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labyrinthine

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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).
labyrinthine [ˌlæbəˈrɪnθaɪn], labyrinthian [ˌlæbəˈrɪnθɪən], labyrinthic [ˌlæbəˈrɪnθɪk]
adj
1. of or relating to a labyrinth
2. resembling a labyrinth in complexity
labyrinthically  adv
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Adj.1.labyrinthine - relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear; "labyrinthine deafness"
2.labyrinthine - resembling a labyrinth in form or complexitylabyrinthine - resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths"
labyrinthian, mazy
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"
labyrinthine
adjective
1. mazelike, winding, tangled, intricate, tortuous, convoluted, mazy The streets of the Old City are narrow and labyrinthine.
2. complex, puzzling, perplexing, involved, confused, tortuous, Byzantine, convoluted, knotty, Gordian, Daedalian his failure to understand the labyrinthine complexities of the situation
Translations
labyrinthine [ˌlæbəˈrɪnθaɪn] ADJ → laberíntico
labyrinthine [ˌlæbəˈrɪnθaɪn] adj
[streets, passages, paths] → labyrinthique
[structure, bureaucracy, process] → labyrinthique
labyrinthine
adj → labyrinthisch (also fig), → labyrinthähnlich
labyrinthine [ˌlæbəˈrɪnθaɪn] (frm) adj → labirintico/a
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