LABYRINTHINE


Meaning of LABYRINTHINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ læbɪrɪnθaɪn ]

1.

If you describe a place as labyrinthine , you mean that it is like a labyrinth. ( FORMAL )

The streets of the Old City are narrow and labyrinthine.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

2.

If you describe a situation, process, or field of knowledge as labyrinthine , you mean that it is very complicated and difficult to understand. ( FORMAL )

...his failure to understand the labyrinthine complexities of the situation.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

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