What does "lich" mean?
A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.
Lich
/litʃ/ adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.
- Grammar: lich is listed as adj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: corpse, psr b1257+12, psr j1300+1240.
- Usage evidence: Lich is a pulsar located approximately 2,300 light-years from the Sun, in the constellation of Virgo, which has three planets orbiting around it: Draugr, Poltergeist and Phobetor.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.
"It was a lich’s face – desiccated flesh tight over its skull."
- 2 A corpse or dead body. UK, archaic
"[…] 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 himself for the proceedings."
Adjective
- 1 Like; resembling; equal. obsolete
"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."
Proper Noun
- 1 A neutron star in Milky Way Galaxy, Virgo constellation; The first star, a pulsar, at which exoplanets were discovered.
- 2 A surname from German.
- 3 The star system and planetary system containing this star.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Lich is a pulsar located approximately 2,300 light-years from the Sun, in the constellation of Virgo, which has three planets orbiting around it: Draugr, Poltergeist and Phobetor."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "lich"?
Common synonyms include: corpse, psr b1257+12, psr j1300+1240.
How do you use "lich" in a sentence?
Lich is a pulsar located approximately 2,300 light-years from the Sun, in the constellation of Virgo, which has three planets orbiting around it: Draugr, Poltergeist and Phobetor.
How do you pronounce "lich"?
Pronounced /litʃ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyg- 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-.
Etymology 2
From Middle English līke, līch (“like”); see like and -like for more. Compare -ly and -lich.
Etymology 3
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.
Etymology 4
Borrowed from German Lich.