lozenge
UK/ˈlɒzɪnd͡ʒ/US/ˈlɑzɪnd͡ʒ/
lozenge noun: a thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
Noun
lozenge (plural lozenges)
- A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
- Wherein the decussis is made within a longilaterall square, with opposite angles, acute and obtuse at the intersection; and so upon progression making a Rhombus or Lozenge figuration [...].1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 167
- How the junior partner of Hobbs and Dobbs leads her smiling to the carriage with the lozenge upon it, and the fat wheezy coachman!1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 9, in Vanity Fair
- Synonyms:
- diamond
- A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.
- One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- In the same way that Old Europe’s coffeehouses begat insurance companies, he says, today’s political careers beget an unhealthy relationship with throat lozenges.2012 May 5, Henry Alford, “Future TED Talks”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 May 2012
Verb
lozenge (third-person singular simple present lozenges, present participle lozenging, simple past and past participle lozenged)
- To form into the shape of a lozenge.
- To mark or emblazon with a lozenge.
lozenge meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Arabic and Indonesian
lozenge in Bengali
- lozenge, toffee
- লজেন্স lôjens
lozenge in Malayalam
- വിഷമചതുർഭുജക്ഷേത്രം, ഔഷധഗുളിക, മിഠായി
lozenge in Arabic
- rhombus
- مُعَيَّن muʕayyan
lozenge in Indonesian
- rhombus
- belah ketupat
More languagesFewer languages
- lozenge in Persian
- لوزی lovzi, مکیدنی makidani
Examples of lozenge in a sentence
- His sloppy socks were of scarlet wool with lilac lozenges; […]1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 1.1, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 7:
- The floor is constructed from marble lozenges and triangles of every imaginable hue: yellow and pink and all manner of mottled and blotched shades, framed in white.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 14:
Synonyms of lozenge
Forms of lozenge
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lozenges |
| alternative form | losenge |
| alternative form | lossenge |
| alternative form | lozeng |
| alternative form | loseng |
| alternative form | lozange |
| alternative form | losange |
| alternative form | losang |
| alternative form | losinge |
| alternative form | losing |
| alternative form | loosing |
| alternative form | lozinge |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | lozenges |
| present participle | lozenging |
| past participle | lozenged |
| past | lozenged |
Origin of lozenge
From Middle English losenge, from Old French losenge (“rhombus”), of uncertain origin.
Words formed from lozenge
Phrases with lozenge
Questions about lozenge
- What does lozenge mean?
- Lozenge means a thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
- What is lozenge in Bengali?
- Lozenge in Bengali is লজেন্স (lôjens). See Lozenge meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use lozenge in a sentence?
- His sloppy socks were of scarlet wool with lilac lozenges; […]
- What part of speech is lozenge?
- Lozenge can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce lozenge?
- Lozenge is pronounced /ˈlɒzɪnd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lozenge?
- The plural of lozenge is lozenges.
Words near lozenge in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lozenge (page history and authors); লজেন্স (Bengali) (page history and authors); lozenge (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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