yclept
or y·cleped
[ ee-klept ]
/ iˈklɛpt /
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verb
a past participle of clepe.
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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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Word Origin for yclept
Old English gecleopod, past participle of cleopian to call
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