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yclept

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ycleped \Y*cleped"\, p. p. [AS. geclipod, p. p. of clipian, cleopian, cliopian, to call. See Clepe , and also the Note under Y- .] Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings. [Spelt also yclept .] It is full fair to ben yclept madame. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
(context archaic poetic English) call, named. v (past participle of clepe English)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Yclept may refer to: Yclept , album by the band Dome Yclept, the first band of musician Chris Jay Yclept Yarbro , a newsletter by the writer Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English gicliopad ; from y- + past participle of cleopian , cpipian "to speak, call; summon, invoke; implore" (see clepe ).

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
See clepe

Usage examples of yclept.

So they chatted away, and were pleased with each other, and made friends, and there, in cool grot, quite forgot the sufferings of their fellow-creatures in the adjacent Turkish bath, yclept society.

A North-sea pilot, Hildebrand yclept, A sturdy and a briny, once men knew.

In this antechamber, bare of all furnishings, they were joined shortly by a man of easy grace, yclept Gerard, who pronounced himself Chief Counselor to the Throne.

This gentleman, yclept Gerard, was formerly the Chief Counselor to the Throne of Goimr.

And there came against the place as they stood a young learningknight yclept Dixon.

SPIRIT OF THE PITIES I notice now Primeval woods, pine, birch--the skinny growths That can sustain life well where earth affords But sustenance elsewhere yclept starvation.

There certainly could be no nonsense about a doctour yclept Fergus MacTavish Calligarry, M.

THE NEW FABLE OF THE SPEEDY SPRITE One Monday Morning a range and well-conditioned Elfin of the Young Unmarried Set, yclept Loretta, emerged into the Sunlight and hit the Concrete Path with a ringing Heel.

Charles Carter, yclept Carter the Mysterious, has made a startling discovery that makes the news from Europe seem mild indeed.

A North-sea pilot, Hildebrand yclept, A sturdy and a briny, once men knew.

Aloysius X Sullivan, yclept Sullivan-Tonn Ninety-six years old, rejuvenated, resident in the Pliocene nearly thirty-two years Once Kung Professor of Moral Theology at Fordham University, and later a highly placed supervising psychokmetic under Lord Velteyn of Finiah Tonn' s primary metafunction was enormous (he was capable of levitating forty people or nearly five tons of inert matter), but his usefulness to the Tanu was limited by his pacifism, which masked an invincible timidity He was notorious for having refused point-blank lo use his PK in Grand Combats, Hunts, or any other aggressive activity, but he had performed his other duties faithfully After the fall of Finiah he .