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
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:
lozengePlural:
lozengesOrigin of Lozenge
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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
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From Old French losenge (“rhombus") (French losange), from Old Provençal lausa (“flat stone"), from Gaulish; cognate with Spanish losa (“square tile").
From Wiktionary
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