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Definition of yclept

yclept
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. --Chaucer. But come, thou goddess fair and free. In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne. --Milton. Those charming little missives ycleped valentines. --Lamb.

Meaning of yclept from wikipedia

- Look up yclept in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Yclept is an archaic English word meaning "by the name of". Yclept may also refer to Yclept, album by...
- religion; the monarchy had such close ties to the Roman papacy that France was yclept the "eldest daughter of the Church" (French: fille aînée de l'Église). Throughout...
- reformed in 1984, although Dome continued to perform and record occasionally. Yclept, a collection of Dome's later work, was released on WMO in 1998. Studio...
- and piano have continued to be active interests for her. The newsletter, Yclept Yarbro, about her and her writings has been published since 1995 by Lindig...
- Prefix Meaning Example gain- against gainsay umbe- around umbestound y- inflectional prefix yclad, yclept (both archaic words)...
- com. "New Barge Office and Aquarium to Embellish Manhattan's Free Resort Yclept the Battery: Historic Structures Will Be Replaced by Notable and Expensive...
- authorship of such works as "Dust My Broom" (here yclept "I Believe") and "Ten Long Years" (here yclept "Five Long Years"). Apparently it was cut some years...
- the narrator invokes Mirth/Euphrosyne and her divine parentage: In Heav'n yclept Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth...
- Records Dome 3 (1981), Dome Records Will You Speak This Word (1982), Unition Yclept (1999), WMO Compilations & reissues DOME 1-4+5, 5-LP box set (December 2011)...
- Dome 3 (1981) Will You Speak This Word (1982) Yclept (1999)...