labyrinthine

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From labyrinth + -ine from Ancient Greek λᾰβύρῐνθος (lăbúrĭnthos, “a maze”).

And wandered I alone, for WHAT did my soul hunger by night and in labyrinthine paths? — Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
We continued on the labyrinthine way, adorned by views of rivers, valleys, precipitous crags, and multitudinous mountain tiers. — Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda
None were deeper in that labyrinthine ambition, in chamber within chamber of that palace of lies that was built up around Mary Queen of Scots. — The innocence of Father Brown, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

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