mazelike
noun
2.
any complex system or arrangement that causes bewilderment, confusion, or perplexity: Her petition was lost in a maze of bureaucratic red tape.
3.
a state of bewilderment or confusion.
4.
a winding movement, as in dancing.
verb (used with object)
5.
Chiefly Dialect. to daze, perplex, or stupefy.
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maze (meɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Compare labyrinth a complex network of paths or passages, esp one with high hedges in a garden, designed to puzzle those walking through it |
| 2. | a similar system represented diagrammatically as a pattern of lines |
| 3. | any confusing network of streets, pathways, etc: a maze of paths |
| 4. | a state of confusion |
| —vb | |
| 5. | an archaic or dialect word for amaze |
| [C13: see | |
| 'mazelike | |
| —adj | |
| 'mazement | |
| —n | |
| maze (meɪz) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Compare labyrinth a complex network of paths or passages, esp one with high hedges in a garden, designed to puzzle those walking through it |
| 2. | a similar system represented diagrammatically as a pattern of lines |
| 3. | any confusing network of streets, pathways, etc: a maze of paths |
| 4. | a state of confusion |
| —vb | |
| 5. | an archaic or dialect word for amaze |
| [C13: see | |
| 'mazelike | |
| —adj | |
| 'mazement | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
maze
c.1300, "delusion, bewilderment," possibly from O.E. *mæs, which is suggested by the compound amasod "amazed" (see amaze). Perhaps related to Norw. dial. mas "exhausting labor." Meaning "labyrinth" first recorded late 14c.
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