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maze¹
- /ˈmeɪz/ UK
Sounds like mays, maize (pane–pain merger) · Rhymes with -eɪz
Where it comes from
From Middle English mase, from 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.
noun mazes
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A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.
There's plenty for toddlers too: experience the Wild West in Bear City, play with sand diggers, splash in the paddling pool and discover meerkats, reptiles and alpacas in the Zoo-Farm. Rain doesn't stop play, just head for the indoor fun factory with a rocking and rolling tugboat, mirror maze, ferri
Similar: warren
- Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle. A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.
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A confusion of thought; a state of bewilderment.
But first they came to Canterbury, an olde Citie, somewhat decayed, yet beautiful to behold, most famous for a Cathedrall Church, the very Maiestie whereoff, stroke them into a maze, where they saw many monuments, and heard tell of greater, then either they euer saw, or easely would beleeue.
Similar: perplexity, uncertainty
verb mazes · mazing · mazed
- To amaze, astonish, bewilder. they so mazed and even stupified his Conscience
- To daze or stupefy. mazed […] by the eyes of the crowd
Maze²
Where it comes from
* As an English surname, variant of Mays.
* As an English and Irish surname, variant of Maye, from Irish Ó Miadhaigh (“descendant of Miadhach”), see miadh (“esteem, respect”). Compare May.
* As a Breton surname Mazé, shortened from Mazéo, Breton form of Matthew.
* As a French surname Mazé, from a place in Maine-et-Loire, from Latin Masiacum (“estate of Masius”).
* Also as a French surname, shortened pet form of Thomas.
* Also as a French surname, variant of Mas, from the noun mas (“farmhouse”).
* As a Slovene surname, shortened from Tomaž, a form of Thomas. Or, from the verb mazati (“to grease”).
* As an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, from Hebrew מאז״ה (Mazeh), an acronym of מִזֶּרַע אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן (mi-zéra' Aharón ha-Kohén, “from the seed of Aaron the priest”), compare Cohen.
proper noun
- A surname.
- A former prison in Northern Ireland; in full, HM Prison Maze.
- A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, the site of the former prison (Irish grid ref J 2261).
- An unincorporated community in Delaware Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: labyrinth, tangle, jumble, network, lab, jungle, daedalus, warren, web, puzzle, coil, mesh, rat's nest, entanglement, intricacy, convolution
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noun puzzle to get through
| Español | laberinto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 미로 miro, 미궁 migung |
| 日本語 | 迷路 meiro, 迷宮 meikyū |
| 中文 | 迷宮 /迷宫 mígōng |
| हिन्दी | भूलभुलैया bhūlbhulaiyā |
| Português | labirinto |
| Français | labyrinthe, dédale |
| Deutsch | Irrgarten |
| Italiano | labirinto, meandro |
| Ελληνικά | λαβύρινθος lavýrinthos |
| Română | labirint |
| Русский | лабири́нт labirínt |
| Tiếng Việt | mê cung |
| العربية | مَتَاهَة matāha |
| עברית | מָבוֹךְ mavókh, לָבִּירִינְת labirínt |
verb Translations
| Español | desconcertar |
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title = {maze},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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