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Lichfield¹

  • /ˈlɪt͡ʃfiːld/

Where it comes from

From Old English Liċetfeld, from Latin Letocetum, from a Proto-Brythonic place-name meaning "greywood" (cf. Welsh llwyd + coed), with feld (“field”) added later. There is no evidence to support the folk etymology that this placename is related to lich (“corpse”).

proper noun Lichfields

  1. countable, uncountable A cathedral city in Staffordshire, England.
  2. countable, uncountable A local government district of Staffordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city.
  3. countable, uncountable A rural settlement in Waikato, New Zealand.
  4. countable A surname. Case in point, as Lichfield detailed on Twitter last week: Almost as soon as the "hipster effect" article was published, a man furiously emailed the magazine claiming a photo of him was slanderously used alongside it without his permission. He was, it turned out, mistaken.
  5. countable, misspelling, uncountable Misspelling of Litchfield

lichfield²

Where it comes from

From lich + field.

noun lichfields · lich-field · lich field · litchfield · litch-field · litch field

  1. Synonym of burial ground.

    Similar: burial ground

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"lichfield." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lichfield. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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lichfield. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lichfield

Chicago

"lichfield." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lichfield.

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@misc{lichfield_2026,
  title = {lichfield},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lichfield},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}