maze

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: māz, (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪz/ Rhymes: -eɪz Homophones: mays, maize (pane–pain merger) === Noun === maze (plural mazes) A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through. Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle. (archaic) A confusion of thought; a state of bewilderment. Synonyms: perplexity, uncertainty ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === maze (third-person singular simple present mazes, present participle mazing, simple past and past participle mazed) (transitive, archaic) To amaze, astonish, bewilder. (transitive, archaic) To daze or stupefy. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Maez, Meza == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmazɛ] === Noun === maze vocative singular of maz == Japanese == === Romanization === maze Rōmaji transcription of まぜ == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== maze alternative form of mase === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== maze alternative form of masen