YCLEPT

Etymology

Verb

yclept

past participle of clepe

Adjective

yclept (not comparable)

(archaic, poetic) Called, named.

Synonym: hight

Usage notes

• While clepe is obsolete, yclept is still occasionally used for humorous or archaic effect; as in the set phrase aptly yclept.

• A holdover from Middle English, yclept is one of the few English words where 'y' figures as a vowel at the beginning of a word. Others include yttrium and Yngling.

Source: Wiktionary


CLEPE

Clepe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleped or; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleping. Cf. Ycleped.] Etym: [AS. clepan, cleopian, clipian, clypian, to cry, call.]

Definition: To call, or name. [Obs.] That other son was cleped Cambalo. Chaucer.

Clepe, v. i.

Definition: To make appeal; to cry out. [Obs.] Wandering in woe, and to the heavens on high Cleping for vengeance of this treachery. Mir. for Mag.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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