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mazelike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English maze Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English mazelike From maze + -like.

Meanings

1. Like a maze; labyrinthine.
   • If a military man with AIDS were discharged for homosexuality, he would lose his medical benefits and be thrown into the already overtaxed and maze-like system of public welfare. 1985 February 9, Cindy Patton, “Heterosexual AIDS Panic: A Queer Paradigm”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 29, page 3:
   • The dark New York restaurant is a mazelike “ninja village,” with iron bars and cold stone lining the walls. 2015 April 30, Jordan Bissell, “10 wacky U.S. restaurants”, in CNN:

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