yclept

or y·cleped

[ ee-klept ]

/ iˈklɛpt /

verb

a past participle of clepe.

Nearby words

Origin of yclept

before 1000; Middle English ycleped, Old English geclypod, past participle of clypian, cleopian to clepe

clepe

[ kleep ]

/ klip /

verb (used with object), cleped or clept (also y·cleped or y·clept ), clep·ing. Archaic.

to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).

Origin of clepe

before 900; Middle English clepen, Old English cleopian, variant of clipian; akin to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle

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Examples from the Web for yclept

The superstitious declared the gorge was haunted by a frightful, hirsute demon, yclept Hobthurst.
The Lancashire Witches|William Harrison Ainsworth
Perhaps another Max—yclept Nordan—can give some explanation for this distinctly morbid dislike.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 12, 1895|Various
On one of these our cow gun, yclept "Wearie Willie," was hauled; it took fifty-six oxen to get him up there.
A Yeoman's Letters|P. T. Ross
And dared the vengeance of the Russ, whose sway is yclept divine?
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction|Various

At the foot of this rock there is a deep, narrow, crooked cleft, yclept the 'Needle's Eye.'
Nooks and Corners of Shropshire|H. Thornhill Timmins

British Dictionary definitions for yclept

yclept

/ (ɪˈklɛpt) obsolete /

verb

a past participle of clepe

adjective

having the name of; called

Word Origin for yclept

Old English gecleopod, past participle of cleopian to call

clepe

/ (kliːp) /

verb clepes, cleping, cleped (kliːpt, klɛpt), clept, ycleped or yclept

(tr) archaic to call by the name of

Word Origin for clepe

Old English cleopian; related to Middle Low German kleperen to rattle

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Word Origin and History for yclept

yclept

Old English gicliopad; from y- + pas participle of cleopian, cpipian "to speak, call; summon, invoke; implore" (see clepe).

clepe

"to call; to name" (archaic), from Old English cleopian, clipian "to speak, call; summon, invoke; implore."