Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Winding; intricate; perplexed. Now generally labyrinthine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.
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- adjective
mazelike , having long corridors and passageways that seemingly have no exit.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
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Examples
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For whatever reason, the older man who owned one of the larger stores - an unusual labyrinthian basement space - took a flirty liking to me and started chatting me up.
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Why did the movie get to me, and beyond attempting to figure out its labyrinthian plot and outside-looking-in meta-movie-within-a play structure?
Kim Morgan: Charlie Kaufman Is A Humble Genius. 'Synecdoche' At Ebertfest 2010
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Searching his memory, he tried to visualize the layout of the vast, labyrinthian space through which he must take them.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Klein and Elliott lay out a web that is labyrinthian to the max.
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Searching his memory, he tried to visualize the layout of the vast, labyrinthian space through which he must take them.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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The labyrinthian plot (taking place in 1937) will find
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The labyrinthian plot (taking place in 1937) will find
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He longs to live in its corners, stake a spot in the shade where he could build a shelter under trees blackened by summer lightning, where he would slowly find himself becoming obsessed with mapping the Fibonacci Sequence in seashells, discovering a labyrinthian beauty that he had never paid attention to but that was there all along.
Red Left Hand 2010
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But using its labyrinthian structure, BP might hope to evade the creditors.
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In a feeble attempt to demonstrate how loathsome women are, John Hurt even tells the entire labyrinthian plot of Samson and Delilah, replete with film clips of Hedy Lamarr wielding a pair of scissors.
No Upside of Anger 2010
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