'You are still mazed, lord king.'

-The Striking of the Gong

maze.

[māz]

NOUN

mazes (plural noun)

1.a network of paths and hedges designed as a puzzle through which one has to find a way.

•a complex network of paths or passages:

synonyms: labyrinth · complex network · warren · web · tangle · jungle · snarl · puzzle

•a confusing mass of information:

VERB

mazed (past participle) · mazes (third person present) · mazing (present participle)

1.be dazed and confused:

ORIGIN

Middle English (denoting delirium or delusion): probably from the base of amaze, of which the verb is a shortening.

Literary Impressions of the Prose and Verse of Robert E. Howard