Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An assibilated form of
like . - An obsolete assibilated form of
like . - Middle English forms of -ly.
- Middle English forms of -ly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Like.
- noun obsolete A dead body; a corpse.
- noun (Zoöl.) the European goatsucker; -- called also
lich owl . - noun [Prov. Eng.] a covered gate through which the corpse was carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier was placed to await the clergyman; a corpse gate.
- noun [Prov Eng.] the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial.
- noun the wall of a churchyard or burying ground.
- noun [Prov. Eng.] the path by which the dead are carried to the grave.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun fantasy, roleplay A
reanimated corpse or undead being.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Malgana the Twistwood Lich (female goblin lich infernal sorcerer 11) *
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The goblin lich in bits with the high kewl factor and low practicality factor from last round.
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Freud has this whole riff about the German word for uncanny, unheimlich, which is literally un-home-ly, actually being something familiar made strange, familiar enough to “hit home”, but strange enough to be sufficiently distorted to be acceptable.
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Becoming a lich is a pretty good prospect for the less-than-sane casters in Azeroth (and phylactery safe.
WoW.com 2008
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They might also expect a return visit from an official with a search warrant wishing to verify the truth of the destruction assertion. ill lich
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It, too, represents "quality" journalism that's really fundamental to democracy. ill lich
Hypothetical peek into the feverish mind of Rupert Murdoch - Boing Boing 2009
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We fight a witch or something, and a lich or something.
Fourth “Empire of Ashes” Session Summary Posted « Geek Related 2009
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The fact that anyone bothers to even argue with this post depresses me, but if you really need to think about it, substitute the word "Black" for the word "Albanian" ... ill lich replied to comment from nutbastard
Is Sony legally required to make its games accessible to disabled people? - Boing Boing 2009
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I have a 6 player game that gets hectic too and I find that a brief explanation that lets them know that the penny on the tiles is the bugbear, the quarter is the lich and the piece of tape is a wall solves a lot of problems for those who have been in la-la land for the 5 minutes leading up to the encounter.
Fourth “Empire of Ashes” Session Summary Posted « Geek Related 2009
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Love the H2G2 reference to little furry hats at the end there ... ill lich
whichbe commented on the word lich
In modern fantasy fiction, a lich (sometimes spelled liche, cognate to German Leiche "corpse") is a type of undead creature, usually formerly a powerful magician or king, who has used evil rituals to bind his intellect to his animated corpse and thereby achieve a perverse form of immortality. Liches are depicted as being clearly cadaverous (as opposed to the generally more appealing forms of vampires), their bodies desiccated or even completely skeletal. Liches are often depicted as holding power over hordes of lesser undead creatures, using them as their soldiers and servants, and thus are a threat both individually and as leaders of belligerent forces. (Wikipedia)
May 29, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word lich
"Is it this grim lich, which is writhing in its pit, lifting its lid with whitish limbs, rising, vivific, with ill will in its mind, victimizing kids timid with fright?"
Eunoia by Christian Bök (upgraded edition), p 54
May 21, 2010