maze

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English mase, perhaps from Old English *mæs. Cf. Icelandic masa (“‘to chatter’”).

A maze in a garden. The objective is to find one's way to the center, by walking along the white paths

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• Rhymes: -eɪz
• Homophones: maise

[edit] Noun

maze (plural mazes)

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1. A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way.
2. Any confusing multi-part system.
   • 2009‎ ‎May 11, “Nation's largest desal project faces financing hurdles”, New York Times:

     The project developer, Poseidon Resources Corp., has been winding its way through a maze of state and local agencies for six years

3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (obsolete) A wild fancy; a confused notion.
4. Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.
   • 1580, John Lyly, “Euphues and His England”, in The Complete Works of John Lyly, published 1906, page 36:

     But first they came to Canterbury, an olde Citie, somewhat decayed, yet beautiful to behold, most famous for a Cathedrall Church, the very Maiestie whereoff, stroke them into a maze, where they saw many monuments, and heard tell of greater, then either they euer saw, or easely would beleeue.

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• Albanian: labirint, qorrsokak

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From mase

[edit] Noun

maze

1. A wild fancy; a confused notion.