multicursal

/ˌməltiˈkɝsəl/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

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

"The Hampton Court maze..may serve as the type of a compact and the Versailles example..that of a diffuse multicursal labyrinth."
"The reader's progress through these labyrinths of language thus forms a multicursal pattern."

From multi- + -cursal, on the pattern of unicursal, bicursal and tricursal.

more multicursal (comparative) most multicursal (superlative)

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How do you pronounce multicursal?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌməltiˈkɝsəl/.

What does multicursal mean?

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

Where does multicursal come from?

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