lich
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
lich (plural liches)
- (archaic) A corpse or dead body. [from 9th c.]
- 1845, Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, page 35:
- […] 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.
- 1845, Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, page 35:
- (fantasy, roleplay) A reanimated corpse or undead being, particularly a still-intelligent undead spellcaster.
- 1974, Karl Edward Wagner, ‘Sticks’:
- It was a lich’s face – desiccated flesh tight over its skull.
- 1974, Karl Edward Wagner, ‘Sticks’:
lich
- (obsolete) Like; resembling; equal.
- 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.
, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene iii. vii. 29. - [He] rather joy'd to be than seemen sich, For both to be and seeme to him was labour lich.
- 1386-90, John Gower, Confessio Amantis.
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