labyrinthine
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- adjective Of, relating to, resembling, or constituting a labyrinth: "the labyrinthine corridors ... of bureaucratic red tape” (William H. Hallahan).
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- Air blew mild, full of odors the sun had baked from the soil. — Starfarers
- The jungle gave way to mangrove; the river became more labyrinthine, the banks mere stretches of mud, and the water a dull grey colour. — A Rude Awakening
- The tunnels through which Isarn led him seemed labyrinthine, winding and turning with no pattern or reason. — Stormblade
- Even if the routes he took to gain that benefit were sometimes labyrinthine, the final destination was always there, in sight. — Roger MacBride
- Why not? — Colors of Chaos
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- from labyrinth + - ine.
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/ (lăbˌə-rĭnˈthĭn, -thēnˌ)/
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