lozenge means A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
lozenge is pronounced /ˈlɒzɪnd͡ʒ/.
Etymology
From Middle English losenge, from Old French losenge (“rhombus”), of uncertain origin.
noun
- 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 [...].”
- 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 with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.”
verb
- To form into the shape of a lozenge.
- To mark or emblazon with a lozenge.