Labyrinthine

Etymology

From "labyrinth," from Greek "labyrinthos," the name of the maze that Daedalus was said to have built to hold the Minotaur. The word is probably pre-Greek in origin; a popular theory links it to "labrys" ("double axe"), a symbol of the Cretan palace at Knossos, but that connection is disputed.

adjective · /lab-uh-RIN-thin/
Intricate, twisting, and confusing, like a maze.
What it names
The word for something so full of winding passages or complications that it is easy to get lost in — old streets, a bureaucracy, a plot.
Example
We got hopelessly lost in the labyrinthine alleys of the old town.
Related idea
Byzantine stresses bafflingly complex, deviously tangled systems and rules; labyrinthine stresses maze-like twisting and the ease of getting lost.