All 3 Uses of
labyrinth
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- I don't know what I expected, but I went out and wandered eastward, soon losing my way in a labyrinth of grimy streets and black, grassless squares.†
Chpt 4 *
- He was trying to gather up the scarlet threads of life, and to weave them into a pattern; to find his way through the sanguine labyrinth of passion through which he was wandering.†
Chpt 8
- You would lose your way in the labyrinth.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(labyrinth) a maze (a complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost)
or (figuratively): anything so complicated that it is extremely confusingThe word "labyrinth" comes from the name of the maze of passages where, in Greek mythology, Theseus had to escape from the Minotaur. -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, labyrinth can refer to a complex anatomical system of interconnecting cavities -- especially the inner ear