also LOSYNGE
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY from Old French losenger = Provencal lauzengar, Spanish lisonjar, Portuguese lisonjear, Italian lusingare; from Old French losenge, losange n. flattery = Provencal lauzenga, lauzenja, Spanish, Portuguese lisonja; apparently adopted by the other Rom. languages, from Provncal lauzenga = Old French loenge (French louange) praise:—medieval Latin laudēmia, a derivative (? on analogy of vindēmia) of Latin laud-em praise EXAMPLE From: A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1888-1933
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