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maze

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪz/

The English word “maze” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.
  2. Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle.
  3. A confusion of thought; a state of bewilderment.

verb

  1. To amaze, astonish, bewilder.
  2. To daze or stupefy.

Etymology

From Middle English mase, from Middle English masen (“to perplex, bewilder”); or perhaps from Old English *mæs (“delusion, bewilderment”); akin to Old English āmasian (“to perplex, confound”), Icelandic masa (“to chatter”). More at amaze.

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