Lich
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lich¹
- /lɪtʃ/ UK
- /litʃ/ West Country, obsolete, possibly
- /laɪx/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ɪtʃ
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līką
Proto-West Germanic *līk
Old English līċ
Middle English lich
English lich
Inherited from Middle English lich, from Old English līċ, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.
noun liches · lichs · lych · lytch · litch · lyke
- A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster. It was a lich’s face – desiccated flesh tight over its skull.
- A corpse or dead body. […] and that, as the chronicle states, a lich-way would be made through then, assembled his servants, and attempted to stop its progress as it was carried over a bridge. A scuffle ensued, and the body was thrown into the water. The lich-way as not made ; but the Bishop of Exeter amply revenged himse
lich²
Where it comes from
From Middle English līke, līch (“like”); see like and -like for more. Compare -ly and -lich.
adjective more lich · most lich
- Like; resembling; equal. 1386-90, John Gower, Confessio Amantis. Anon he let two cofres make / Of one semblance, and of one make, / So lich, that no lif thilke throwe, / That one may fro that other knowe.
Lich³
Where it comes from
From lich, the supernatural entity. From being a neutron star, a "dead" star, a star that no longer contains a fusion core, but which is radiating away its stored energy.
proper noun
- A neutron star in Milky Way Galaxy, Virgo constellation; The first star, a pulsar, at which exoplanets were discovered.
- The star system and planetary system containing this star.
Similar: PSR B1257+12, PSR J1300+1240
Lich⁴
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Lich.
proper noun Lichs
- A surname from German.
