lichfield

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/ˈlɪt͡ʃfiːld/

noun

Synonym of burial ground.

Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

lichfield1

nounlichfield (plural lichfields)

plural lichfields · alternative lich-field · alternative lich field · alternative litchfield · alternative litch-field · alternative litch field · alternative lytchfield · alternative lytch-field · alternative lytch field · alternative lychfield · alternative lych-field · alternative lych field

  1. Synonym of burial ground.

    Synonyms: burial ground

Lichfield2

proper nounLichfield (countable and uncountable, plural Lichfields)

plural Lichfields

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA cathedral city in Staffordshire, England.
    2. countableuncountableA local government district of Staffordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city.
    3. countableuncountableA rural settlement in Waikato, New Zealand.
  2. countableA surname.

    “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
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    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
  3. countablemisspellinguncountableMisspelling of Litchfield.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of burial ground.

Origin

Lichfield · proper noun

  1. LatinLetocetum
  2. Old EnglishLiċetfeld
  3. EnglishLichfield

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”).

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APA

lichfield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lichfield

MLA

“lichfield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lichfield. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lichfield,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lichfield.

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