yclept

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yclept - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ycleped \Y*cleped"\, p. p. [AS. geclipod, p. p. of clipian,
     cleopian, cliopian, to call. See Clepe, and also the Note
     under Y-.]
     Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous
     writings. [Spelt also yclept.]
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           It is full fair to ben yclept madame.    --Chaucer.
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           But come, thou goddess fair and free.
           In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne.            --Milton.
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           Those charming little missives ycleped valentines.
                                                    --Lamb.
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