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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lab•y•rin•thine (lab′ə rin′thin, -thēn),USA pronunciation adj. - of, pertaining to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- complicated; tortuous:the labyrinthine byways of modern literature.
Also, lab•y•rin•thi•an (lab′ə rin′thē ən),USA pronunciation lab′y•rin′thic. - labyrinth + -ine1 1740–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: labyrinthine /ˌlæbəˈrɪnθaɪn/ adj - of or relating to a labyrinth
- resembling a labyrinth in complexity
lab•y•rinth /ˈlæbərɪnθ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a complicated combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit:a labyrinth of small winding streets in the Old Quarter.
- a complicated arrangement or state of things or events:a labyrinth of government red tape.
lab•y•rin•thine /ˌlæbəˈrɪnθɪn, -θaɪn/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lab•y•rinth (lab′ə rinth),USA pronunciation n. - an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit.
- a maze of paths bordered by high hedges, as in a park or garden, for the amusement of those who search for a way out.
- a complicated or tortuous arrangement, as of streets or buildings.
- any confusingly intricate state of things or events;
a bewildering complex. - Mythology(cap.) [Class. Myth.]a vast maze built in Crete by Daedalus, at the command of King Minos, to house the Minotaur.
- Anatomy
- the internal ear, consisting of a bony portion (bony labyrinth)and a membranous portion (membranous labyrinth.)
- the aggregate of air chambers in the ethmoid bone, between the eye and the upper part of the nose.
- a mazelike pattern inlaid in the pavement of a church.
- Sound Reproductiona loudspeaker enclosure with air chambers at the rear for absorbing sound waves radiating in one direction so as to prevent their interference with waves radiated in another direction.
- Medieval Latin laborintus, Latin, as above
- Greek labýrinthos; replacing earlier laborynt
- Latin labyrinthus
- 1540–50
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