Yclept (adj) (archaic)
i-klept
By the name of
What a wonderful archaic word, and what a formal way of an introduction. I’d add yclept to the words I think should be brought back into use!
From old English gecleopod, past participle of cleopian ‘call’, of Germanic origin.
Example sentences
“A lady yclept Jane.”
“She was the Dutchess, yclept Katherine.”
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