lich

Meanings

Noun

• A corpse or dead body.
• A reanimated corpse or undead being, particularly a still-intelligent undead spellcaster.

Adjective

• Like; resembling; equal.

Origin

• From Middle English lich, from Old English līċ, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.
• Cognate with Dutch lijk, German Leiche, Norwegian lik, Swedish lik, Danish lig.
• From Middle English līke ("like"); see like and -like for more. Compare -ly.