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Labyrinth
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- 1 A maze-like structure built by Daedalus in Knossos, containing the Minotaur.; A complicated irregular network of passages or paths, especially underground or covered, in which it is difficult to find one's way. Greek
"Mrs. Churchill liked the interminable labyrinths of the Cyrus and the Cassandra, because she had liked them in the days of her girlhood. Youth identifies itself with the romance; it is the heroic knight, or the lovely lady, of which it reads; it lives amid those fine creations; its sweetest hours are given to dreams which soon "Fade into the light of common day.""
- 2 complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost wordnet
- 3 A maze-like structure built by Daedalus in Knossos, containing the Minotaur.; A maze formed by paths separated by high hedges. Greek
- 4 a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium wordnet
- 5 A maze-like structure built by Daedalus in Knossos, containing the Minotaur.; A structure similar to a maze, but containing only one path with no branches, as distinguished from a maze which contains multiple branching paths Greek
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- 6 A maze-like structure built by Daedalus in Knossos, containing the Minotaur.; Anything complicated and confusing in structure, arrangement, or character. Greek, broadly
"Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt."
- 7 A tortuous anatomical structure:; A complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance, consisting of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).
- 8 A tortuous anatomical structure:; An accessory respiratory organ of certain fish.
- 9 Any of various satyrine butterflies of the genus Neope.
- 1 To enclose in a labyrinth, or as though in a labyrinth.
- 2 To arrange in the form of a labyrinth.
"It is said to have been labyrinthed by secret exits and cunning contrivances to facilitate the escape of fugitives from the law."
- 3 To twist and wind, following a labyrinthine path.
"We labyrinthed through it, meeting scores of panty-clad and moccasined Indians and barefoot women and girls toiling marketward under atrocious burdens; for the day was Sunday."
- 4 To become lost and confused, as if in a labyrinth.
"They arrive at their different destinations long before day, and make their attack about day-break, and seldom fail to kill or make prisoners of the whole family, as the people know nothing of the matter until they are thus labyrinthed."
Etymology
From Middle English laberynt, laberynthe, from Latin labyrinthus, from Ancient Greek λᾰβύρῐνθος (lăbúrĭnthos, “a maze”).
From Middle English laberynt, laberynthe, from Latin labyrinthus, from Ancient Greek λᾰβύρῐνθος (lăbúrĭnthos, “a maze”).
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