Lozenge Definition

lŏzĭnj
lozenges
noun
lozenges
A plane figure with four equal sides and two obtuse angles; diamond.
Webster's New World
A small, medicated candy intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to lubricate and soothe irritated tissues of the throat.
American Heritage Medicine
A four-sided planar figure with a diamondlike shape; a rhombus that is not a square.
American Heritage Medicine
A cough drop or small piece of hard candy, at one time made in a diamond shape.
Webster's New World
Something having this shape, especially a heraldic device.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
To form into the shape of a lozenge.
Wiktionary
To mark or emblazon with a lozenge.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Lozenge

Noun

Singular:
lozenge
Plural:
lozenges

Origin of Lozenge

  • Middle English rhombus from Old French losenge perhaps akin to Provençal lausa flagstone, roofing slate (from a source akin to Latin lausiae stone chips) (perhaps of Celtic origin) or from Arabic lawzīnaj confection made from almonds (from Middle Persian lawzēnak) (lawz-) (ultimately from early Aramaic lawz- almond lwz in Semitic roots) (Middle Persian -ēnak n. suffix)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French losenge (“rhombus") (French losange), from Old Provençal lausa (“flat stone"), from Gaulish; cognate with Spanish losa (“square tile").

    From Wiktionary

Lozenge Sentence Examples

  • Milk of sulphur, the confection and the lozenge, is used for this purpose.

  • She uses a lozenge, a diamond shaped frame.

  • Napoleon took a lozenge, put it in his mouth, and glanced at his watch.

  • During the first 6 weeks of giving up smoking, try to take one lozenge every one to two hours.

  • To prove this statement, let the conductors P, Q, R, S., be arranged in a lozenge shape, as in fig.

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