labyrinthine

lab·y·rin·thine

 (lăb′ə-rĭn′thĭn, -thēn′) or lab·y·rin·thi·an (-thē-ən)

adj.

Relating to, resembling, or constituting a labyrinth: "the labyrinthine corridors ... of bureaucratic red tape" (William H. Hallahan).

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labyrinthine

(ˌlæbəˈrɪnθaɪn) ,

labyrinthian

or

labyrinthic

adj

1. of or relating to a labyrinth

2. resembling a labyrinth in complexity

ˌlabyˈrinthically adv

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lab•y•rin•thine

(ˌlæb əˈrɪn θɪn, -θin)

also lab•y•rin•thi•an

(-θi ən)

lab`y•rin′thic,

adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or resembling a labyrinth.

2. complicated; tortuous: labyrinthine reasoning.

[1740–50]

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	labyrinthine - relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear; "labyrinthine deafness"
	2.	labyrinthine - 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"

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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

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labyrinthine

adjective

Difficult to understand because of intricacy:

byzantine, complex, complicated, convoluted, daedal, Daedalian, elaborate, intricate, involute, involved, knotty, tangled.

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Translations

labyrinthique

labyrinthine

[ˌlæbəˈrɪnθaɪn] ADJ → laberíntico

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

labyrinthine

[ˌlæbəˈrɪnθaɪn] adj

[streets, passages, paths] → labyrinthique

[structure, bureaucracy, process] → labyrinthique

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labyrinthine

adj → labyrinthisch (also fig), → labyrinthähnlich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

labyrinthine

[ˌlæbəˈrɪnθaɪn] (frm) adj → labirintico/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

lab·y·rin·thine

a. laberíntico-a, rel. a un laberinto;

___ artery → arteria ___;

___ fistula → fístula ___;

___ nystagmus → nistagmo ___;

___ veins → venas ___;

___ vertigo → vértigo ___.

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