multicursal

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmʌltɨˈkɜːsəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌməltiˈkɝsəl/, /ˌməltaɪ-/

Adjective

multicursal (comparative more multicursal, superlative most multicursal)

  1. (sometimes figurative) Of a maze or labyrinth: having more than one possible route between the centre and the outside.
    • 1922, W. H. Matthews, Mazes & Labyrinths, page xii. 185:
      The Hampton Court maze..may serve as the type of a compact and the Versailles example..that of a diffuse multicursal labyrinth.
    • 1988, W. B. Faris, The Labyrinths of Lang, page iv. 86:
      The reader's progress through these labyrinths of language thus forms a multicursal pattern.

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