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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

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Other Word Forms

  • mazily adverb
  • maziness noun

Etymology

Origin of mazy

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

Example Sentences

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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 22-year-old coolly scored a penalty to draw the Blues level, before his mazy run and shot created Enzo Fernandez's volley to make it 3-2.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024

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

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023

Midfielder Salis Abdul Samed went close for Lens, which hosts PSG on Sunday, after a brilliant turn and mazy run, only to be foiled by veteran goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel in the 31st minute.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2022

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

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