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Ycleped   Listen
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Ycleped  past part.  (Spelt also yclept)  Called; named; obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings. "It is full fair to ben yclept madame." "But come, thou goddess fair and free. In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne." "Those charming little missives ycleped valentines."






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"Ycleped" Quotes from Famous Books



... improving; nor can there be a pleasanter proof of that than this very wayside inn—ycleped the SALUTATION. What a miserable pot-house it was long ago, with a rusty-hinged door, that would neither open nor shut—neither let you out nor in—immovable and intractable to foot or hand—or all at once, when you least expected it to yield, slamming to with a bang; a constant puddle in front ...
— Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 • John Wilson

... good, and beautiful,' as a mere theory in sociology, but in an age when those hideous hermaphrodites, ycleped 'strong- minded women,' are becoming so alarmingly numerous, our eyes are rarely gladdened by a conjunction of highly cultivated intellects; notable, loving hearts; tender, womanly sensibilities. Can you shoulder ...
— St. Elmo • Augusta J. Evans



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