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

Words nearby yclept

YBA, YC, Y chromosome, Y.C.L., yclad, yclept, Y connection, yd., yds., ye, yea

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How to use yclept in a sentence

A certain impetuous, wilful, wrong-headed boy, yclept Geoffrey Moncton.
The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I|Susanna Moodie
This rustic place was originally the village ale house, yclept "The Horse Shoe."
The King's Post|R. C. Tombs
"We'll bate the English into the say," said a resident in the sweet region yclept Summer Hill.
Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
Xanthippe by name, yclept also Iaia by way of jest, escapes from sorrow since her soul from the body flies.
The Common People of Ancient Rome|Frank Frost Abbott

The poets, in order to gain a syllable, long continued to use the ancient participle prefix y. See yclept, Allegro 12.
Minor Poems by Milton|John Milton

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

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