lich
/lɪtʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.
name
A neutron star in Milky Way Galaxy, Virgo constellation; The first star, a pulsar, at which exoplanets were discovered.
name
The star system and planetary system containing this star.
Example Sentences
- "It was a lich’s face – desiccated flesh tight over its skull."
- "[…] 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."
- "She saw him again that eventide, but then he was a reddened lich."
- "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."
- "[He] rather joy'd to be than seemen sich, For both to be and seeme to him was labour lich."
Etymology
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-.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *leyg-, līke, Lich
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /lɪtʃ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
liches (plural)
lichs (plural)
lych (alternative)
lytch (alternative)
litch (alternative)
lyke (alternative)
more lich (comparative)
most lich (superlative)
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PSR B1257+12
PSR J1300+1240