lozenge

[ loz-inj ]

/ ˈlɒz ɪndʒ /

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noun

a small, flavored tablet made from sugar or syrup, often medicated, originally diamond-shaped.

Geometry Now Rare. diamond(def 8).

Heraldry.

a diamond-shaped charge.
a diamond-shaped shield bearing the arms of a woman.

RELATED WORDS

capsule, pill, tablet, pastille, troche

Nearby words

loyalty, loyalty card, loyalty islands, loyang, loyola, lozenge, lozenged, lozengy, lozi, lozier, lozère

Origin of lozenge

1300–50; Middle English losenge < Middle French, Old French, perhaps < Gaulish *lausa flat stone + -enge < Germanic -inga -ing³

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Examples from the Web for lozenge

Between the pauses of his address he kept supplying himself with a lozenge.
Law and Laughter|George Alexander Morton
They are sometimes seen ornamented round the purfling with ebony, diamond and lozenge shape.
The Violin|George Hart
It was in vain that he held it open, lozenge fashion, to peep within; but one page only was written, and he could not see that.
Roland Cashel|Charles James Lever
The lozenge is an inconvenient form, and it is broadened out whenever possible.
English Heraldic Book-stamps|Cyril Davenport

In some instances the central mass is a lozenge, and in others a square set diagonally.
Cassell's History of England, Vol. I (of 9)|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for lozenge

lozenge

/ (ˈlɒzɪndʒ) /

noun

Also called: pastille, troche med a medicated tablet held in the mouth until it has dissolved

geometry another name for rhombus

heraldry a diamond-shaped charge

Word Origin for lozenge

C14: from Old French losange, of Gaulish origin; compare Vulgar Latin lausa flat stone

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Medicine definitions for lozenge

lozenge

[ lŏz′ĭnj ]

n.

A small, medicated candy intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to lubricate and soothe irritated tissues of the throat.