yclept

American

[ee-klept] / iˈklɛpt /

Or ycleped

verb

a past participle of clepe.

yclept British

/ ɪˈklɛpt /

verb

a past participle of clepe

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adjective

having the name of; called

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Etymology

Origin of yclept

First recorded before 1000; Middle English ycleped, Old English geclypod, past participle of clypian, cleopian “to name, call”; see clepe

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