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- Dictionarylabyrinth/ˈlab(ə)rɪnθ/
noun
- 1. a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze: "you lose yourself in a labyrinth of little streets" Similar
- 2. a complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance. It consists of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).
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labyrinth noun [C] (CONFUSING PATH/SITUATION) Add to word list. literary. a confusing set of connecting passages or paths in which it is easy to get lost: Finally, through a labyrinth of corridors she found his office. Synonym. maze (PLACE) literary. something that is very confusing: He was no stranger to the labyrinth of love.
The meaning of LABYRINTH is a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys. How to use labyrinth in a sentence. Is there a difference between maze and labyrinth?
a complicated or tortuous arrangement, as of streets or buildings. Synonyms: knot, tangle, snarl, jungle, maze, warren. any confusingly intricate state of things or events; a bewildering complex: His papers were lost in an hellish bureaucratic labyrinth.
Labyrinth is a word of pre-Greek origin whose derivation and meaning are uncertain. Maximillian Mayer suggested as early as 1892 that labyrinthos might derive from labrys, a Lydian word for "double-bladed axe".
LABYRINTH meaning: 1. a confusing set of connecting passages or paths in which it is easy to get lost: 2. something…. Learn more.
If you describe a place as a labyrinth, you mean that it is made up of a complicated series of paths or passages.
A labyrinth is a structure with many connected paths or passages in which it is hard to find your way. In figurative use, a labyrinth is a complicated situation: our tax code is a labyrinth of rules and regulations.
