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English

Noun

lichi (plural lichis)

1. Alternative spelling of lychee

Anagrams

• Chili, Ilchi, chili

Italian

Noun

lichi (invariable)

1. lechwe, red lechwe, southern lechwe

Derived terms

• lichi rosso, Kobus leche leche
• lichi dell'Upemba, Kobus leche anselli
• lichi del Kafue, Kobus leche kafuensis
• lichi di Roberts, Kobus leche robertsi
• lichi nero, Kobus leche smithemani

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “borrowing from Chinese”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lit??i/, [?li.t??i]

Noun

lichi m (plural lichis)

1. lychee (tree)
2. lychee (fruit)

Further reading

• “lichi” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lich, from Old English l??, from Proto-West Germanic *l?k, from Proto-Germanic *l?k?, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

Cognate with Dutch lijk, German Leiche, Norwegian lik, Swedish lik, Danish lig.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l?t?/
  • (West Country, possibly obsolete) IPA^(key): /lit?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

lich (plural liches)

1. (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.
2. (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.

Derived terms

• lichgate
• lych-gate

Translations

References

Etymology 2

From Middle English l?ke, l?ch (“like”); see like and -like for more. Compare -ly.

Adjective

lich (comparative more lich, superlative most lich)

1. (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.

   • [He] rather joy'd to be than seemen sich, For both to be and seeme to him was labour lich.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English l??, from Proto-West Germanic *l?k, from Proto-Germanic *l?k?, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

Noun

lich (plural lichs)

1. A body.
   • 1362, William Langland, Piers Plowman, XI.2:

     A wyf […] Þat lene was of lich and of louh chere.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?ix/

Noun

lich f

1. genitive plural of licha

Noun

lich n

1. genitive plural of licho

Further reading

• lich in Polish dictionaries at PWN