labyrinthine
la·by·rint·hine
adjective
2.
resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
- “a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths”
3.
- “the Byzantine tax structure”
- “convoluted legal language”
- “convoluted reasoning”
- “intricate needlework”
- “an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology”
- “the plot was too involved”
- “a knotty problem”
Origin
From labyrinth + -ine from Ancient Greek λᾰβύρῐνθος (lăbúrĭnthos, “a maze”).
Phrases
- labyrinthine artery
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