Definitions for yclept

yclept y·clept

Spelling: [ee-klept]
IPA: /iˈklɛpt/

Yclept is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in yclept (celpty).

Definitions for yclept

verb

  1. a past participle of clepe.

verb (used with object)

  1. to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).

Origin of yclept

before 1000; Middle English ycleped, Old English geclypod, past participle of clypian, cleopian to clepe

Examples for yclept

A projection of the roof, yclept “hurricane-deck,” serves as an awning to this continuous terrace, shading it from the sun.

The superstitious declared the gorge was haunted by a frightful, hirsute demon, yclept Hobthurst.

Am I not yclept quacksalver by those that come not near me, and wizard by those I heal?

On one of these our cow gun, yclept "Wearie Willie," was hauled; it took fifty-six oxen to get him up there.

At the foot of this rock there is a deep, narrow, crooked cleft, yclept the 'Needle's Eye.'

I take it, however, as a hopeful sign that one of the latest comers to the circle is yclept Radium.

And dared the vengeance of the Russ, whose sway is yclept divine?

This rustic place was originally the village ale house, yclept "The Horse Shoe."

Who, in your opinion, is the greatest leader of the "opposition" yclept the Christian religion?

In short, the original intention of the builder of the house No. 9, yclept "La Childebert," has never been explained.

Word Value for yclept
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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