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s | labyrinthine |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective labyrinthine is

physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    labyrinthine

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.
  • * 1996 , Steen L. Jensen, H. Gregerson. M. H. Shokouh-Amin, F. G. Moody, (eds.), Essentials of Experimental Surgery: Gastroenterology , page 27/4
  • In the pyloric canal, muscular ridges are more fixed than elsewhere and produce quite a labyrinthine surface.
  • * 2011 , Lincoln Child, Deep Storm , page 185
  • Crane trotted along the labyrinthine corridors of deck 3, accompanied by a young marine with close-cropped blond hair.
  • Twisting, convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing.
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  • * 2000 , Joseph J. Ellis, Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation , page 51
  • Any attempt to answer that question would carry us into the labyrinthine corridors of Jefferson's famously elusive mind.
  • * 2005 , Michael W. Riley, "Plato's Cratylus: Argument, form, and structure", page 103
  • By coupling "essence" with "name" within a series of contraposed pairs of names, Socrates indicates the point to which he thinks his labyrinthine argument has led so far in the Cratylus .

    Synonyms

    * (resembling a labyrinth) labyrinthal, labyrinthial, labyrinthian, labyrinthic, labyrinthical, labyrinthiform * baffling, confusing, convoluted