Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

licham

/ˈlɪt͡ʃəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: licham
IPA: /ˈlɪt͡ʃəm/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The human body, especially when living.

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…] Nor a living for your licham that lief is to your soul. Believe not your licham, for a liar teaches him Which is the wretched world that wishes to betray you."
"For no lickerish living their licham to please."
"[…] Me shames with my licham, For I am naked as methink."

Etymology

From Middle English licham, lichame, from Old English līċhama (“body”), from Proto-West Germanic *līkahamō, from Proto-Germanic *līkahamô, equivalent to like (“body”) + hame (“covering, case”). In Old English, līchama was the general term for "body," while līċ had come to mean a dead body specifically. Cognate with Scots lekame (“body”), West Frisian lichem (“body”), Dutch lichaam (“body”), German Leichnam (“body, corpse”), Danish legeme (“body”), Swedish lekamen (“body”), Icelandic líkami (“body”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: licham, līċhama, *līkahamō, *līkahamô

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

leccam (alternative, dialectal)

Frequently Paired Words

lich

Questions

How do you pronounce licham?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɪt͡ʃəm/.
What does licham mean?: The human body, especially when living.
Where does licham come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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