Hypertext Webster Gateway: "labyrinthine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Labyrinthine \Lab`y*rin"thine\, a.
Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
labyrinthine
adj 1: relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear;
"labyrinthine deafness"
2: resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a
labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths" [syn: {labyrinthian},
{mazy}]
3: highly involved or intricate; "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"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh,
what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous
legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for
months" [syn: {Byzantine}, {convoluted}, {intricate}, {involved},
{knotty}, {tangled}, {tortuous}]
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