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labyrinthian, a.|læbɪˈrɪnθɪən|
Also 7 -æan, 7, 9 -ean.
[f. labyrinth n. + -ian.]
= labyrinthine, in various senses.
1588J. Harvey Discoursive Probleme 42 This intricate Labyrynthian monument. 1597–8Bp. Hall Sat. (1753) 48 His linnen collar labyrinthian set. 1609Heywood Brit. Troy xiii. iii. 332 To guide me through the laborinthean maze In which my brain's intangled. 1614Raleigh Hist. World v. vi. §7. 647 The Labirynthian head of Martius could not allow of such plaine reason. 1615Crooke Body of Man 15 The Labyrinthæan Mazes and web of the small arteries. 1742Young Nt. Th. ix. 1029 The labyrinthian turns they take The circles intricate, and mystic maze. 1837Fraser's Mag. XVI. 71 The labyrinthean mazes of a female heart. 1854Bakewell Geol. 43 This peculiar labyrinthian structure of the teeth. 1864Hawthorne Grimshawe xxi. (1891) 286 It is a labyrinthian house for its size. 1900H. W. Smyth Grk. Melic Poets p. xcii, Clews to guide us through the labyrinthian mazes of the theme. |