labyrinth
Definition of labyrinth:
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part of speech: noun
( orig.) A building consisting of halls connected by intricate passages: a place full of inextricable windings: an inexplicable difficulty: the cavities of the internal ear.
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part of speech: noun
A place full of intricacies or inextricable windings; a maze; an inexplicable difficulty; the internal ear, from its complex structure.
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Common misspellings:
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- labrinth (23.3%)
- labyringh (2.7%)
- labryinth (5.5%)
- labrynth (53.4%)
- labryith (2.7%)
- laberinth (6.8%)
- labirint (2.7%)
- labryrinth (2.7%)
Usage examples for labyrinth:
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It is indeed, my Lord, much to be regretted, that we have no certain guide to lead us through that labyrinth in which we grope for the discovery of Truth, and are so often entangled in the maze of Error when we attempt to explain the origin of Science, or to trace the manners of remote antiquity.
"An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients" – John Ogilvie Commentator: Wallace Jackson -
But the presence of Rachel afforded no clew to the labyrinth
"Red Pottage" – Mary Cholmondeley -
They have also taken care that the youth shall not, forgetting his original duty, fall into this labyrinth
"The Student-Life of Germany" – William Howitt -
This is the Garden of the Labyrinth
"The Story of Seville" – Walter M. Gallichan
