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yclept (ē klept′)

transitive verb

Archaic called; named; known as a giant yclept Barbarossa

Etymology: ME ycleped < OE geclypod < ge-, y- + pp. of clipian, to call, clepe (popularized by Edmund Spenser & John Milton)

Browse dictionary entries near yclept

  1. ‹ Yb
  2. ‹ Yazoo
  3. ‹ yay
  4. ‹ yaws
  5. ‹ yawp
  6. ‹ yawner
  7. ‹ yawn
  8. ‹ yawl
  9. ‹ Yawata
  10. ‹ yaw
  1. yd ›
  2. ye ›
  3. yea ›
  4. yea-high ›
  5. yeah ›
  6. yean ›
  7. yeanling ›
  8. year ›
  9. Year 2000 ›
  10. year after year ›