Definitions
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- n. A reanimated corpse or undead being.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Like.
- n. A dead body; a corpse.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An obsolete assibilated form of like.
- Middle English forms of -ly.
- Middle English forms of -ly.
- n. An assibilated form of like.
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.
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We fight a witch or something, and a lich or something.
Fourth “Empire of Ashes” Session Summary Posted « Geek Related
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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
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Love the H2G2 reference to little furry hats at the end there ... ill lich
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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
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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
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
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