lichfield
/ˈlɪt͡ʃfiːld/
lichfield noun: synonym of burial ground.
Noun
lichfield (plural lichfields)
- Synonym of burial ground.
- Synonyms:
- burial ground
Proper noun capitalized: Lichfield
Lichfield (countable and uncountable, plural Lichfields)
- A cathedral city in Staffordshire, England.
- A local government district of Staffordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city.
- A rural settlement in Waikato, New Zealand.
- A surname.
- Case in point, as Lichfield detailed on Twitter last week: Almost as soon as the "hipster effect" article was published, a man furiously emailed the magazine claiming a photo of him was slanderously used alongside it without his permission. He was, it turned out, mistaken.2019 March 11, Josh Hafner, “All hipsters look alike? Man claims article's 'hipster' photo is him, only to be mistaken”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2024
- “He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission,” Gideon Lichfield, the Review’s editor-in-chief, explained Tuesday on Twitter.2019 March 8, Elyse Wanshel, “He Was Mad His Photo Was Used To Show All Hipsters Look Alike, But It Wasn't Him”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2019
- Misspelling of Litchfield.
Synonyms of lichfield
Forms of lichfield
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lichfields |
| alternative form | lich-field |
| alternative form | lich field |
| alternative form | litchfield |
| alternative form | litch-field |
| alternative form | litch field |
| alternative form | lytchfield |
| alternative form | lytch-field |
| alternative form | lytch field |
| alternative form | lychfield |
| alternative form | lych-field |
| alternative form | lych field |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Lichfields |
Origin of lichfield
From lich + field.
From Old English Liċetfeld, from Latin Letocetum, from a Proto-Brythonic place-name meaning "greywood" (cf. Welsh llwyd + coed), with feld (“field”) added later. There is no evidence to support the folk etymology that this placename is related to lich (“corpse”).
Questions about lichfield
- What does lichfield mean?
- Lichfield means synonym of burial ground.
- What part of speech is lichfield?
- Lichfield can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lichfield?
- Lichfield is pronounced /ˈlɪt͡ʃfiːld/.
- What is the plural of lichfield?
- The plural of lichfield is lichfields.
Words near lichfield in the dictionary
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