All 4 Uses of
labyrinth
in
The Sunlight Dialogues
- If he were not Hodge—dependable Hodge—if he were his younger brother Ben or his own son Luke, he would have been thrown into confusion by a labyrinth of conflicting, for the most part painful, emotions.†
Chpt 3
- But Hodge evaded the labyrinth.†
Chpt 3 *
- He was, like all his kind, an iron fence; but the fence was not square and neat, it was a labyrinth; and Hodge, in Clumly's presence, felt a mysterious temptation to try his luck in its wanderings.†
Chpt 5
- SUNLIGHT: A veritable labyrinth!†
Chpt 15
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