mazy
/ˈmeɪzi/adjective
mazy is an adjective meaning “Mazelike; like a maze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-Z-Y, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does mazy mean?
adjective
- 1
Mazelike; like a maze.
- 2
Not straight; zigzagging.
- 3
Confused.
I am a fool–a purblind, mazy fool, And do not know my right hand from my left.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce mazy?
- /ˈmeɪzi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mazy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mazy
- mazier comparative
- maziest superlative
- mazey
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is mazy?
Mazy appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does mazy come from?
From maze + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).