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lytch

lytch is the alternative form of lich.

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: Lytch

Lytch (plural Lytches)

  1. A surname.

Forms of lytch

Noun
plurallytches
Proper noun
pluralLytches

Origin of lytch

Variant of Leach.

Words formed from lytch

Words that rhyme with lytch

25 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about lytch

What does lytch mean?
Lytch means a surname.
What is lytch the alternative form of?
Lytch is the alternative form of lich.
What part of speech is lytch?
Lytch is a proper noun.

Words near lytch in the dictionary

  1. lysylates
  2. lysylation
  3. lysylations
  4. lysylbradykinin
  5. lytarge
  6. lytch
  7. lytch field
  8. lytch gate
  9. lytch way
  10. lytch-field
  11. lytch-gate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lytch (page history and authors); Lytch (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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