losengerie

Middle English

Alternative forms

• losengery, losengerye, losengri, losengrye, losyngeri, losyngerie, lozengerie

Etymology

From Old French losengerie; equivalent to losengen +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔˌzɛnd͡ʒ(ə)ˈriː(ə)/, /lɔˈzɛnd͡ʒ(ə)riː(ə)/

Noun

losengerie (uncountable)

1. Flattery; deceit; trickery.
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 40, line 613:

     Flatereres been the develes norices, that norissen hise children with milk of losengerie.

     Flatterers are the devil's nurses, that nourish his children with milk of deceit.

2. (rare) licentiousness

References

• “lō̆senǧerī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Noun

losengerie oblique singular, f (oblique plural losengeries, nominative singular losengerie, nominative plural losengeries)

1. flattery; especially flattery intended to deceive or trick