Definitions For Yclept

Adjective

(not comparable) (archaic, poetic) call, called, named. : Synonym: hight#Adjective No schoolboys lingered round Bob Robertson's (yclept Roberson's) blacksmith's shop, for this sleepy day no lusty throat bellowed attention to the flaming tongues fanned from its bloodily blazing teeth; no luminous stars flinted from the clanking anvil.}}

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While clepe is obsolete, yclept is still occasionally used for humorous or archaic effect; as in the set phrase aptly yclept.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

Verb

Past participle of clepe

Alternative forms

ycleped

Etymology

From {{inh, en, ang, ġeclypod}}, from the verb clipian, where y- is from the Old English past participle prefix ġe-.