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mazy

American  
[may-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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Reed's stunning equaliser clinched him top prize, ahead of team-mate Harry Wilson's outside-of-the-boot stab against Crystal Palace, and Rayan Cherki's mazy run and finish for Manchester City against Arsenal.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

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

His mazy run and finish in the 3-2 win over the Netherlands in Argentina has long been lauded as one of the best ever scored in dark blue.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025

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

From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2023

Sarai imagined it empty, all those mazy lanes and mussed-up beds deserted, and she felt, for a staggering moment, as though she were drowning in that emptiness.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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 Vernon Lee

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