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)
- (sometimes figuratively) 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.
- 1922, W. H. Matthews, Mazes & Labyrinths, page xii. 185
Anagrams
- culturalism