Webster's English Dictionary

Enter the word to look up:

labyrinth

lab.y.rinth \'lab-*-.rin(t)th, -r*n(t)th\ n [ME laborintus, fr. L 
   labyrinthus, fr. Gk labyrinthos] 1a: a place constructed of or full of 
   intricate passageways and blind alley s 1b: a maze (as in a garden) formed 
   by paths separated by high hedges  2: something extremely complex or 
   tortuous in structure, arrangement, or ch aracter : INTRICACY, PERPLEXITY 
   3: a tortuous anatomical structure; esp : the internal ear or its b ony or 
   membranous part