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 Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:17 am
clepe • KLEP • verb
: to name or to call
Example Sentence:
The Maxwells' boat was a beautiful old wooden sloop, yclept "True Love."
Did you know?
"Clepe" itself is a word that is considered archaic and nearly obsolete, but its past participle "yclept" (pronounced ih-KLEPT) continues to be used, albeit rarely. In Old English, the prefix "ge-" denoted the completion or result of an action; in Middle English, the prefix shifted to "y-" and appeared in words such as "ybaptised" and "yoccupied." Eventually, all the "y-" words except "yclept" fell into disuse. One reason that "yclept" persists may be that it provides a touch of playfulness that appeals to some writers. Another may be that although "yclept" is an unfamiliar term to most people, its meaning can usually be inferred from context. Whatever the reason, "yclept" continues to turn up occasionally in current publications despite its strange and antiquated look.
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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:51 am
"Yclept" sounds like it's past tense. Anyway, I haven't been in this guild for agesss. Good to see Pansophic Polls is still running.
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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:14 pm
Keats uses it
and i love Keats
another archaic word for "named" that i like it
"hight".
i could say "me hight chessiejo".
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