Lichfield
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of burial ground.
- 1 A placename:; A cathedral city in Staffordshire, England. countable, uncountable
- 2 A placename:; A local government district of Staffordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city. countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename:; A rural settlement in Waikato, New Zealand. countable, uncountable
- 4 A surname. countable
"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 Misspelling of Litchfield. alt-of, countable, misspelling, uncountable
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More examples"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."
Etymology
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”).
From lich + field.
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