ETYMOLOGY
from Old French losenger = Provencal lauzengar, Spanish lisonjar, Portuguese lisonjear, Italian lusingare;
from Old French losenge, losange (flattery) = Provencal lauzenga, lauzenja, Spanish,
Portuguese lisonja;
apparently adopted by the other Romance languages, from Provencal lauzenga = Old French loenge (French louange) (praise)
from medieval Latin laudemia, a derivative Latin laud-em (praise)
EXAMPLE
“… Thanne began Glaucus to call her and losenge her. …”
From: The Metamorphoses of Ovid
Translated by William Caxton, 1480
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