ycleped

Adjective

yclept (not comparable)

1. (archaic, humorous, poetic) Called (by a certain name), named.
   • And as I am a Gentleman, betooke my ſelfe to walke: the time When? about the ſixt houre, […] Now for the ground Which? which I meane I walkt vpon, it is ycliped Thy Park.c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby...

   Synonyms:

   hight

Verb

clepe (third-person singular simple present clepes, present participle cleping, simple past cleped or clept, past participle cleped or clept or ycleped or yclept)

1. (archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To give a call; cry out; appeal.
2. (archaic, dialectal, transitive) To call; call upon; cry out to.
3. (archaic, dialectal, transitive) To call to oneself; invite; summon.
4. (archaic, dialectal, transitive) To call; call by the name of; name.
   • She clepes him king of graues, & graue for kings, / Imperious ſupreme of all mortall things.1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC, lines [995–996]

   Synonyms:

   designate

5. (dialectal, intransitive, often) To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
   • You tried to mentor someone, teach them the basics of the trade, and they ran off to clype on you.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 173

   Synonyms:

   grass

6. (dialectal, intransitive) To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.

   Synonyms:

   blab

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