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mazy

American  
[mey-zee] / ˈmeɪ zi /

adjective

mazier, maziest
  1. full of confusing turns, passages, etc.; like a maze; labyrinthine.


mazy British  
/ ˈmeɪzɪ /

adjective

  1. of or like a maze; perplexing or confused

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of mazy

First recorded in 1500–10; maze + -y 1

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His replacement Ordaz put the game to rest, slotting in from a mazy run down the left and low cross by Bouanga.

From Barron's Feb. 22, 2026

The visitors enjoyed plenty of early possession and could have doubled their lead after Ahmedhodzic's early opener, with Cameron Archer having a shot deflected wide following a mazy run.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2024

In the opening stages he went on a mazy run by the touchline, leaving a couple of Milan defenders in his wake.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2023

It is a mazy delight, a “Faerie Queene” for the modern age.

From Washington Post Apr. 19, 2023

Much of the island is submerged during the rainy season, and even in the dry summer pieces of the mazy shoreline are constantly calving off like icebergs and falling into the water.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Methinks that maze must have been mazier than this blue and gold one overhead.

From Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Lee, Vernon

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