winding passages

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• labyrinth — [lab′ə rinth΄] n. [ME laborintus (altered by folk etym. by assoc. with L labor, LABOR + intus, into) < L labyrinthus < Gr labyrinthos, of pre Hellenic orig.] 1. a structure containing an intricate network of winding passages hard to follow… …   English World dictionary