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"text": "[…] 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.",
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"ref": "1983, Poul Anderson, Time Patrolman (Sci-Fi)",
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "屍鬼"
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{
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "si¹ gwai²",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "尸鬼"
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"roman": "wūyāo",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "巫妖"
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"word": "kostěj"
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"sense": "undead being",
"word": "zielenzuiger"
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{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "liĉo"
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"text": "1386-90, John Gower, Confessio Amantis.\nAnon 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."
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"text": "[…] 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.",
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"ref": "1983, Poul Anderson, Time Patrolman (Sci-Fi)",
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}
],
"categories": [
"English ellipses"
],
"glosses": [
"Ellipsis of lichgate."
],
"links": [
[
"lichgate",
"lichgate#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"ellipsis"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "lichway"
}
],
"categories": [
"English ellipses"
],
"glosses": [
"Ellipsis of lichway."
],
"links": [
[
"lichway",
"lichway#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"ellipsis"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lɪtʃ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/litʃ/",
"tags": [
"West-Country",
"obsolete",
"possibly"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪtʃ"
},
{
"ipa": "/laɪx/",
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lich.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lich.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lich.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lich.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lich.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lych"
},
{
"word": "lytch"
},
{
"word": "litch"
},
{
"word": "lyke"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "屍鬼"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "si¹ gwai²",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "尸鬼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wūyāo",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "巫妖"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "undead being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lich"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "undead being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kostěj"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "zielenzuiger"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "liĉo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "undead being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "liche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "Lich"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "undead being",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lík"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ritchi",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "リッチ"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "undead being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ličas"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "undead being",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "undead being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lisz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "licz"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lič",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "лич"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "liche"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lič",
"sense": "undead being",
"word": "ліч"
}
],
"word": "lich"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyg- (like)",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"en:Fictional characters"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*leyg-",
"id": "like"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "līke",
"4": "līke, līch",
"5": "like"
},
"expansion": "Middle English līke, līch (“like”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "like"
},
"expansion": "like",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "-like"
},
"expansion": "-like",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "-ly"
},
"expansion": "-ly",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "-lich"
},
"expansion": "-lich",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English līke, līch (“like”); see like and -like for more. Compare -ly and -lich.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more lich",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most lich",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "lich (comparative more lich, superlative most lich)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1386-90, John Gower, Confessio Amantis.\nAnon 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."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Like; resembling; equal."
],
"links": [
[
"Like",
"like"
],
[
"resembling",
"resembling"
],
[
"equal",
"equal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Like; resembling; equal."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"word": "lich"
}
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