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labirintico

labyrinthine

adjective lah-bee-REEN-tee-koh Rare

Also means

maze-like

Usage Note

Labirintico describes anything as tangled or bewildering as a labyrinth — a bureaucratic system, a plot, or a building's layout. It agrees in gender and number: una trama labirintica (a labyrinthine plot), corridoi labirintici (maze-like corridors). It is a formal, somewhat literary adjective rarely heard in casual speech.

Examples

"Il palazzo aveva una struttura labirintica."

Natural Translation

The palace had a labyrinthine structure.

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