Word of the Day – Yclept

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.”