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A wild fancy; a confused notion.

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  1. n. A wild fancy; a confused notion.
  2. n. Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.
  3. n. A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth.
  4. v. t. To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze.
  5. v. i. To be bewildered.
  6. n. complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
  7. n. something jumbled or confused
  8. 1. A wild fancy; a confused notion. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment. 3. A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth. "Quaint mazes on the wanton green." Shak. Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook. Wordaworth. The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error. Addison. Syn. -- Labyrinth; intricacy. See Labyrinth. To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze. South. To be bewildered. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  9. To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; toamaze. South.
  10. n:100 n. complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost