yclept

or y·cleped

[ ee-klept ]

verb

1. a past participle of clepe.

yclept

/ ɪˈklɛpt /

verb

1. See clepe
   a past participle of clepe

adjective

1. having the name of; called

Word History and Origins

Origin of yclept¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of yclept¹

Old English gecleopod, past participle of cleopian to call

Example Sentences

A certain impetuous, wilful, wrong-headed boy, yclept Geoffrey Moncton.

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This rustic place was originally the village ale house, yclept "The Horse Shoe."

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"We'll bate the English into the say," said a resident in the sweet region yclept Summer Hill.

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Xanthippe by name, yclept also Iaia by way of jest, escapes from sorrow since her soul from the body flies.

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The poets, in order to gain a syllable, long continued to use the ancient participle prefix y. See yclept, Allegro 12.

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