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Synonyms for labyrinthine


Grammar : Adj
Spell : lab-uh-rin-thin, -theen
Phonetic Transcription : ˌlæb əˈrɪn θɪn, -θin

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Définition of labyrinthine

Origin :
  • 1630s; see labyrinth + -ine (1). Earlier adjective forms were labyrinthian (1580s); labyrinthial (1540s).
  • adj mazelike
Example sentences :
  • Millions of marine creatures swarmed in the labyrinthine waterways.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • Whether this inscription was ever attached to a labyrinthine design is not known.
  • Extract from : « Mazes and Labyrinths » by W. H. Matthews
  • Somewhere through the labyrinthine obscurity his death sought him.
  • Extract from : « When the Sleeper Wakes » by Herbert George Wells
  • Ken and Carol looked about the first of the labyrinthine caverns.
  • Extract from : « Fly By Night » by Arthur Dekker Savage
  • What a labyrinthine thicket Is this place that I have entered!
  • Extract from : « The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria » by Pedro Calderon de la Barca
  • They were labyrinthine, but the more labyrinthine the better he was pleased.
  • Extract from : « The Poetry Of Robert Browning » by Stopford A. Brooke
  • The Montmartre sewer is one of the most labyrinthine of the ancient network.
  • Extract from : « Les Misrables » by Victor Hugo
  • It was so vast and so labyrinthine that he feared he might become lost forever.
  • Extract from : « The Man From Brodney's » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • The pores are firm when fully grown; they are sinuous and labyrinthine.
  • Extract from : « Among the Mushrooms » by Ellen M. Dallas and Caroline A. Burgin
  • There were sea-birds skimming the water as we threaded the labyrinthine channels that surround Juneau.
  • Extract from : « Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska » by Charles Warren Stoddard

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