maze
maze is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.
- 2.A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth. "Quaint mazes on the wanton green." Shak. Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook. Wordaworth. The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error. Addison. See Labyrinth.
- 3.To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze. South.
- 4.To be bewildered. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- anagram
- arcanum
- book
- charade
- concealed
- confidential
- conundrum
- crack
- crux
- dead
- difficulty
- enigma
- house
- ignorance
- incognita
- intricacy
- involved
- labyrinth
- labyrinthian
- labyrinthine
- latency
- logogriph
- mazy
- meander
- monogram
- mystery
- nut
- paradox
- prison
- problem
- profound
- puzzle
- question
- rebus
- riddle
- secret
- terra
- the
- top
- wood
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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