"likam" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlaɪkəm/ Forms: likams [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English likam, licam, licame, lichame, from Old English līchama (“body”), from Proto-West Germanic *līkahamō, from Proto-Germanic *līkahamô, equivalent to like (“body”) + hame (“covering, case”). In Old English, līchama was the general term for "body," while līċ had come to mean a dead body specifically. Cognate with Scots lekame (“body”), West Frisian lichem (“body”), Dutch lichaam (“body”), German Leichnam (“body, corpse”), Danish legeme (“body”), Swedish lekamen (“body”), Icelandic líkami (“body”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|likam}} Middle English likam, {{inh|en|ang|līchama||body}} Old English līchama (“body”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*līkahamō}} Proto-West Germanic *līkahamō, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*līkahamô}} Proto-Germanic *līkahamô, {{compound|en|like|hame|t1=body|t2=covering, case}} like (“body”) + hame (“covering, case”), {{cog|sco|lekame||body}} Scots lekame (“body”), {{cog|fy|lichem||body}} West Frisian lichem (“body”), {{cog|nl|lichaam||body}} Dutch lichaam (“body”), {{cog|de|Leichnam||body, corpse}} German Leichnam (“body, corpse”), {{cog|da|legeme||body}} Danish legeme (“body”), {{cog|sv|lekamen||body}} Swedish lekamen (“body”), {{cog|is|líkami||body}} Icelandic líkami (“body”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} likam (plural likams)
  1. (obsolete or UK dialectal) The human body. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-likam-en-noun-wYQI~KGG Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 40 19
  2. (UK dialectal) A dead body; corpse. Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-likam-en-noun-wwHsmMD2 Disambiguation of Death: 26 52 23 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 40 19
  3. (archaic or obsolete) Likeness; face; countenance. Tags: archaic, obsolete
    Sense id: en-likam-en-noun-NXhUAs41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 40 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 30 29 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 29 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leccam, lekame, lecam, likame, licame, lichame [dialectal] Related terms: lich

Inflected forms

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        "(archaic or obsolete) Likeness; face; countenance."
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