multicursal

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UK/ˌmʌltɨˈkɜːsəl/US/ˌməltiˈkɝsəl/US/ˌməltaɪ-/

adjective

Of a maze or labyrinth: having more than one possible route between the centre and the outside.

Scrabble 15

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adjectivemulticursal (comparative more multicursal, superlative most multicursal)

comparative more multicursal · superlative most multicursal

  1. figurativelysometimesOf a maze or labyrinth: having more than one possible route between the centre and the outside.

    The reader's progress through these labyrinths of language thus forms a multicursal pattern.

    1988, W. B. Faris, The Labyrinths of Lang, page iv. 86
    1 more example

    The Hampton Court maze..may serve as the type of a compact and the Versailles example..that of a diffuse multicursal labyrinth.

    1922, W. H. Matthews, Mazes & Labyrinths, page xii. 185

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multicursal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicursal

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