labyrinthine

英[,læbə'rɪnθaɪn] 美[,læbə'rɪnθɪn]

1. relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear;

"labyrinthine deafness"

2. resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity;

"a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths"

3. highly involved or intricate;

"the Byzantine tax structure"

"convoluted legal language"

"convoluted reasoning"

"intricate needlework"

"an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"

"the plot was too involved"

"a knotty problem"

"got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott

"tortuous legal procedures"

"tortuous negotiations lasting for months"