mazy

[mey-zee]

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adjective, ma·zi·er, ma·zi·est.

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

Origin of mazy

First recorded in 1500–10; maze + -y¹

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

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Related Words for mazy

tricky, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling, sticky, thorny, complicated, meandering, tortuous, winding, tangled, convoluted, intricate, serpentine, twisting, sinuous, artful, curved, circuitous, labyrinthine

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Historical Examples of mazy

The trees of the forest seemed to waltz around me in mazy circles.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863
Various
So I have decided that the next labour shall be the disentangling of the Mazy Carpet.
The Magic City
Edith Nesbit
Losing yourself in some of the mazy recesses of the ancient workings.
Sappers and Miners
George Manville Fenn
I miss the "Mermaid," and the mazy world which was my stage.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 31, 1887
Various
More than one wayfarer has never escaped from their mazy solitudes.
The Desert World
Arthur Mangin

British Dictionary definitions for mazy

mazy

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

adj.

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