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lyke

lyke is the archaic spelling of like.

lyke is the obsolete form of lich.

Meaning of like

Adjective

like (comparative more like or (archaic) liker, superlative most like or (archaic) likest)

  1. Similar.
    • My partner and I have like minds.
  2. (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic) Likely; probable.
    • But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices.1668, Robert South, The Messiah's Sufferings for the Sins of the People (sermon, March 20, 1668)
  3. (Scotland, Southern US, usually, otherwise archaic) inclined (to), prone (to).
    • He seems like to run from any semblance of hard work.

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Meaning of lich

Noun

lich (plural liches or (with Scots pronunciation) lichs)

  1. (roleplaying games) A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.
    • It was a lich’s face – desiccated flesh tight over its skull.1974, Karl Edward Wagner, Sticks
  2. (UK, archaic) A corpse or dead body.
    • […] 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...1845, Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, page 35

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Proper noun capitalized: Lyke

Lyke (plural Lykes)

  1. A surname.

Forms of lyke

Adjective
comparativelyker
comparativemore lyke
superlativelykest
superlativemost lyke
Noun
plurallykes
Proper noun
pluralLykes

Phrases with lyke

Questions about lyke

What does lyke mean?
Lyke means a surname.
What is lyke the archaic spelling of?
Lyke is the archaic spelling of like.
What part of speech is lyke?
Lyke is a proper noun.

Words near lyke in the dictionary

  1. lyingest
  2. lyingly
  3. lyings
  4. lyings-in
  5. lyk
  6. lyke
  7. lyke gate
  8. lyke-gate
  9. lyke-wake
  10. lyke-wakes
  11. lykegate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lyke (page history and authors); Lyke (page history and authors); like (page history and authors); lich (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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