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labyrinthine

4 syllables
adjective
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As an adjective, labyrinthine means physically resembling a labyrinth.

Meanings of labyrinthine

4 meanings

adjective

  1. Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.

  2. anatomyRelating to the labyrinth of the inner ear.

  3. figurativeConvoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing.

  4. Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

    “the Byzantine tax structure”

    “Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship”

    “convoluted legal language”

    Similar: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for labyrinthine →
adjective: resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
labyrinthianmazy
adjective: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
Byzantineconvolutedinvolvedknottytangledtortuous

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