medallion
noun/məˈdæliən/
/məˈdæliən/
- a piece of jewellery in the shape of a large, flat coin worn on a chain around the neckTopics Clothes and Fashionc2Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French médaillon, from Italian medaglione, augmentative of medaglia, from medieval Latin medalia ‘half a denarius’ (ancient Roman silver coin), from Latin medialis ‘medial’.
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