Dictionary entry

Ycleped

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.]

It is full fair to ben yclept madame. Chaucer.

But come, thou goddess fair and free.

In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne. Milton.

Those charming little missives ycleped valentines. Lamb.