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maze

/ˈmeɪz/MAYZ
/ˈmeɪz/MAYZ

Meaningto chatter

Common meaning: a puzzle of paths

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)masa‘to chatter, prattle’source
  2. Middle Englishmasesource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto chatter, prattle → a puzzle of pathsmaze‘a puzzle of paths’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) masa ‘to chatter’.

Roots

  • masa Old Norse (Icelandic) “to chatter”

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