mazinessn.
/ˈmeɪzɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmeɪzinᵻs/ The state or quality of being mazy; confused or convoluted character.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s) > thing having > a maze or labyrinth > quality or condition
maziness1720
1720 A. Hill Creation Pref. p. xiv A Man, who is just beginning to try his Ear in Pindaric..knows no Pleasure greater, than to feel himself fly through that well-measured Maziness, which he first attempted with Perplexity.
1829 E. A. Poe Al Aaraaf 63 The playful maziness of art.
1857 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art (1862) 435 This peculiar feature..gives to Indian mythology a haziness and maziness which set arrangement and strict definition at defiance.
1894 J. T. Clegg David's Loom xv. 158 Aw'll soon show yo what maziness is.
1974 Amer. Lit. Forum 8 254/2 The maziness surely relates not only to the turbulent flow of the river in its steady course but to its serpentine windings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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