pastille
noun
[ ˈpast(ə)l ]
• a small sweet or lozenge.
• "fruit pastilles"
Similar:
lozenge,
sweet,
gumdrop,
drop,
gum,
tablet,
pill,
dragée,
jujube,
troche,
• a small pellet of aromatic paste burnt as a perfume or deodorizer.
• "a perforated bowl used for burning sweet-smelling pastilles"
Origin:
mid 17th century: from French, from Latin pastillus ‘little loaf, lozenge’, from panis ‘loaf’.
