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Synonyms for lozenge

Grammar : Noun
Spell : loz-inj
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɒz ɪndʒ

Définition of lozenge

Origin :
  • figure having four equal sides and two acute and two obtuse angles, early 14c., from Old French losenge "windowpane, small square cake," etc., used for many flat quadrilateral things (Modern French losange). It has cognates in Spanish losanje, Catalan llosange, Italian lozanga. Probably from a pre-Roman Celtic language, perhaps Iberian *lausa or Gaulish *lausa "flat stone" (cf. Provençal lausa, Spanish losa, Catalan llosa, Portuguese lousa "slab, tombstone"), from a pre-Celtic language.
  • Originally in English a term in heraldry; meaning "small cake or tablet (originally diamond-shaped) of medicine and sugar, etc., meant to be held in the mouth and dissolved" is from 1520s.
  • noun troche
  • noun medicinal dose
Example sentences :
  • The mascle is afterwards explained to be the lozenge pierced.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 » by Various
  • Napoleon took a lozenge, put it in his mouth, and glanced at his watch.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
  • A Widow bears on a lozenge the arms borne by her husband and herself.
  • Extract from : « The Handbook to English Heraldry » by Charles Boutell
  • In an instant the apartment had shifted its form into that of a lozenge.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • This lozenge has since been taken up and replaced by another.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Victor Hugo » by Victor Hugo
  • It was sealed with a coat of arms,—a lozenge,—for Lady Ludlow was a widow.
  • Extract from : « My Lady Ludlow » by Elizabeth Gaskell
  • The notation was in the lozenge or diamond shape, and without bars.
  • Extract from : « Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) » by Carl Engel
  • It has lozenge panels, and is further ornamented by disc turning.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture » by Arthur Hayden
  • The arms are not in a lozenge, the crest is given, and the motto is displayed.
  • Extract from : « American Book-Plates » by Charles Dexter Allen
  • The head is of three forms: the lozenge, the leaf, and the barbed.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe » by John Hewitt

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