n. & v.
--n.
1. a network of paths and hedges designed as a puzzle for those who try to penetrate it.
2 a complex network of paths or passages; a labyrinth.
3 confusion, a confused mass, etc.
--v.tr. (esp. as mazed adj.) bewilder, confuse.
Derivatives:
mazy adj. (mazier, maziest).
Etymology: ME, orig. as mased (adj.): rel. to AMAZE