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mazey

mazey is the alternative form of mazy.

Meaning of mazy

Adjective

mazy (comparative mazier, superlative maziest)

  1. Mazelike; like a maze.
    Synonyms:
    labyrinthine
  2. Not straight; zigzagging.
    • Five miles meandering with a mazy motion,
      Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
      Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
      And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean: [...]1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […]...
  3. Confused.
    • I am a fool—a purblind, mazy fool,
      And do not know my right hand from my left.1836, Joanna Baillie, Romiero, Act 2

Forms of mazey

comparativemore mazey
superlativemost mazey

Phrases with mazey

Questions about mazey

What is mazey the alternative form of?
Mazey is the alternative form of mazy.

Words near mazey in the dictionary

  1. mazers
  2. mazerwood
  3. mazes
  4. mazework
  5. Mazewski
  6. mazey
  7. Mazey Day
  8. Mazgaj
  9. Mazgaon
  10. Mazgay
  11. mazgouf

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