labyrinthine
/ˌlæb.əˈɹɪn.θɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.43 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.
adj
Example Sentences
- "As our train to Paris dashed through the labyrynthine flyovers at Porchefontaine, barely a mile from Versailles, the 75 m.p.h. limit was already almost attained."
- "In the pyloric canal, muscular ridges are more fixed than elsewhere and produce quite a labyrinthine surface."
- "Crane trotted along the labyrinthine corridors of deck 3, accompanied by a young marine with close-cropped blond hair."
- "Mamet, like one of his characters, invents a labyrinthine, convoluted spiel leading nowhere, and like a magician distracts us with his words while elaborately not producing a rabbit from his hat."
- "Any attempt to answer that question would carry us into the labyrinthine corridors of Jefferson's famously elusive mind."
- "By coupling "essence" with "name" within a series of contraposed pairs of names, Socrates indicates the point to which he thinks his labyrinthine argument has led so far in the Cratylus."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌlæb.əˈɹɪn.θɪn/
- British English: /ˌlab.əˈɹɪn.θʌɪn/
Inflected Forms
more labyrinthine (comparative)
most labyrinthine (superlative)