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labyrinthian

/læb.əˈɹɪn.θi.ɛn/adjective

labyrinthian is an adjective meaning “Mazelike, having long corridors and passageways that seemingly have no exit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-B-Y-R-I-N-T-H-I-A-N, and it appears about once in every 66 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does labyrinthian mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Mazelike, having long corridors and passageways that seemingly have no exit.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce labyrinthian?

  • /læb.əˈɹɪn.θi.ɛn/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of labyrinthian

  • more labyrinthian comparative
  • most labyrinthian superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is labyrinthian?

Labyrinthian appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does labyrinthian come from?

From labyrinth + -ian.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).