mazy

[ mey-zee ]

/ ˈmeɪ zi /

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adjective, ma·zi·er, ma·zi·est.

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

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Origin of mazy

First recorded in 1500–10; maze + -y¹

Related formsma·zi·ly, adverbma·zi·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for mazy

But within the circle of doom blossomed the mazy sweetness; the very sky seemed to have narrowed to the roofing of a bower.
The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
The rutty, soppy road, soon after it leaves the doctors estate, straggles unfenced through half a mile of mazy woodland.
The Doctor's Red Lamp|Various
Here we meet many a name familiar to the ear, and a form familiar to the eye starts into life, and treads again its mazy scenes.
Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland|Abigail Stanley Hanna
Two lords—one very young, the other distressingly old—have also solicited her hand in the "mazy dance."
Molly Bawn|Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

All that blurred together in a mazy idea that it was sure to be cosy.
Sally Bishop|E. Temple Thurston

British Dictionary definitions for mazy

mazy

/ (ˈmeɪzɪ) /

adjective mazier or maziest

of or like a maze; perplexing or confused

Derived Formsmazily, adverbmaziness, noun

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Word Origin and History for mazy

mazy

adj.

1570s, from maze (n.) + -y (2).