lozenge

Definition

A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.

Etymology

From Middle English losenge, from Old French losenge (“rhombus”), of uncertain origin. See the Old French for more.

Example Sentences

• "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 [...]."
• "How the junior partner of Hobbs and Dobbs leads her smiling to the carriage with the lozenge upon it, and the fat wheezy coachman!"
• "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."