lozenge

[ loz-inj ]
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noun
  1. a small, flavored tablet made from sugar or syrup, often medicated, originally diamond-shaped.

  2. Geometry Now Rare. diamond (def. 8).

  1. Heraldry.

    • a diamond-shaped charge.

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

Origin of lozenge

1
1300–50; Middle English losenge<Middle French, Old French, perhaps <Gaulish *lausa flat stone + -enge<Germanic -inga-ing3

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How to use lozenge in a sentence

  • It was sealed with a coat of arms,—a lozenge,—for Lady Ludlow was a widow.

    My Lady Ludlow | Elizabeth Gaskell
  • In form it belongs to Class A of stemmed implements, is lozenge-shaped, without shoulder or barb.

    The Swastika | Thomas Wilson
  • When this becomes exaggerated we hear of lozenge-shaped crania; the Malay skulls being currently quoted as instances thereof.

British Dictionary definitions for lozenge

lozenge

/ (ˈlɒzɪndʒ) /


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

  2. geometry another name for rhombus

  1. heraldry a diamond-shaped charge

Origin of lozenge

1
C14: from Old French losange, of Gaulish origin; compare Vulgar Latin lausa flat stone

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