likam

Alternative forms

• leccam, lekame, lecam, likame, licame, lichame (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English likam, licam, licame, lichame, from Old English līcema, līchama (“body, corpse; trunk”), from Proto-Germanic *līkahamô (“body, bodily frame, corpse”), equivalent to like (“body, lich”) +‎ hame (“covering, case”). Cognate with Scots lekame (“body”), West Frisian lichem (“body”), Dutch lichaam (“body”), German Leichnam (“body, corpse”), Danish legeme (“body”), Swedish lekamen (“body”), Icelandic líkami (“body”).

Noun

likam (plural likams)

1. (obsolete or Britain dialectal) The human body.
2. (Britain dialectal) A dead body; corpse.
3. (archaic or obsolete) Likeness; face; countenance.

Anagrams

• Malik