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Definition of yclept in English: ycleptadjective ɪˈklɛptɪˈklɛpt archaic predicative By the name of. 〈古或幽默〉名叫…的，称作…的 一位名叫埃莉诺拉的女士。 Example sentencesExamples - It is I who is yclept the fool, but…’ Roger punched him out before he could finish, but when I explained Vertumnus was my fool he left in disgust.
- It also leads to pronouncing two double consonants when you speak the word; cl and pt. Yclept means named as in ‘I have a dog yclept Rover.’
- Taking advantage of the disposition you express to hear from the ‘dear public,’ I beg to submit a few reflections concerning the idiosyncrasies of that part of our city yclept ‘The Street’.
- Why art thou so oddly yclept, so whimsically named - oh, got it, you play the HARP.
OriginOld English gecleopod, past participle of cleopian 'call', of Germanic origin. Rhymesaccept, crept, except, incept, inept, intercept, kept, leapt, overleaped, sept, slept, swept, upswept, wept Definition of yclept in US English: ycleptadjectiveɪˈklɛptiˈklept archaic predicative By the name of. 〈古或幽默〉名叫…的，称作…的 一位名叫埃莉诺拉的女士。 Example sentencesExamples - Taking advantage of the disposition you express to hear from the ‘dear public,’ I beg to submit a few reflections concerning the idiosyncrasies of that part of our city yclept ‘The Street’.
- It also leads to pronouncing two double consonants when you speak the word; cl and pt. Yclept means named as in ‘I have a dog yclept Rover.’
- It is I who is yclept the fool, but…’ Roger punched him out before he could finish, but when I explained Vertumnus was my fool he left in disgust.
- Why art thou so oddly yclept, so whimsically named - oh, got it, you play the HARP.
OriginOld English gecleopod, past participle of cleopian ‘call’, of Germanic origin. |