/ meɪz; NAmE / noun
1.
a system of paths separated by walls or hedges built in a park or garden, that is designed so that it is difficult to find your way through :
We got lost in the maze.
( figurative )
The building is a maze of corridors.
—compare labyrinth
2.
[ usually sing. ] a large number of complicated rules or details that are difficult to understand :
a maze of regulations
3.
( NAmE ) a printed puzzle in which you have to draw a line that shows a way through a complicated pattern of lines
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (denoting delirium or delusion): probably from the base of amaze , of which the verb is a shortening.