Maze Definition

māz

mazed, mazes, mazing

noun

mazes

A confusing, intricate network of winding pathways; specif., such a network with one or more pathways that are shut off at their ends, used as in behavioral testing of animals.

Webster's New World

Any situation characterized by confusing or bewildering complexity.

Webster's New World

A graphic puzzle, the solution of which is an uninterrupted path through an intricate pattern of line segments from a starting point to a goal.

American Heritage

Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle.

Wiktionary

A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way.

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verb

mazed, mazing

To confuse; bewilder.

Webster's New World

To stupefy; daze.

Webster's New World

To amaze, astonish, bewilder.

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Other Word Forms of Maze

Noun

Singular:

maze

Plural:

mazes

Origin of Maze

Middle English mase, from an aphetic variant of Middle English masen (“to perplex, bewilder"), or perhaps from Old English *mæs "delusion, bewilderment". Akin to Old English āmasian (“to perplex, confound"), Icelandic masa (“to chatter"). More at amaze.

From Wiktionary
Middle English mase confusion, maze from masen to confuse, daze from Old English āmasian to confound amaze

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition