yclept

y·clept

or y-clept′

Old Poet. called; named; known as: a giant yclept Barbarossa

also sp. ycleped or y-cleped

Origin of yclept

Middle English ycleped from Old English geclypod from ge-, y- + past participle of clipian, to call, clepe (popularized by Edmund Spenser and John Milton)

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yclept

or y·cleped

verb

Archaic

A past participle of clepe

Origin of yclept

Middle English icleped from Old English geclepod past participle of gecleopian to call ge- verb pref. ; see kom in Indo-European roots. cleopian to call

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Adjective

(not comparable)

(archaic, poetic) Called, named.

Verb

Past participle of clepe

Usage notes

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.

Origin

Representing Old English Ä¡eclypod. y- from Germanic ge-, clept from clepe.

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