Yclept (verb)
ee-klept
Past participle of clepe. Named.
First recorded before 1000; Middle English ycleped, Old English geclypod, past participle of clypian, cleopian “to name, call”; clepe
Example sentences
“I was down in the gorge, next to a rock yclept ‘needle rock’ when I saw the bird.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
