lozenge in Latin
lozenge in Latin is pastillus — lozenge means a flat diamond shape with two sharp corners and two wide ones.
lozenge in Latin
pastillus
A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.
What does "lozenge" mean?
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noun A flat diamond shape with two sharp corners and two wide ones.
"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."
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noun A small sweet or tablet that you suck to soothe a sore throat.
"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."
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lozenge in a sentence
- 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.
- 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.
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What is "lozenge" in Latin?
"lozenge" in Latin is pastillus. lozenge means: A flat diamond shape with two sharp corners and two wide ones.
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