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Mazy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Resembling a maze, as in design or complexity; labyrinthine.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. mazelike; like a maze.

adj. Not strait, zigzagging.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Perplexed with turns and windings; winding; intricate; confusing; perplexing; embarrassing.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Having the character of a maze; perplexing from turns and windings; winding; intricate.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity

Word Usage

"If he is led through some mazes that remain mazy and if the full import of what he discovers is not altogether assimilated, this is only par for the course in Pynchon's fiction, and having gone through the process of seeking the truth has been more enlightening than not, bothfor Doc and for the reader."

Equivalent

complex

Cross Reference

mazy herring mazy pack labyrinthine

Variant

maziest mazier

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

winding intricate confusing perplexing embarrassing

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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