| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| yclept |
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| SYLLABICATION: | y·clept |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -kl pt |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or y·cleped (-kl pt, -klpt) |
| VERB: | A past participle of clepe. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English icleped, from Old English geclepod, past participle of gecleopian, to call : ge-, verb pref.; see kom in Appendix I + cleopian, to call.
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