单词 | yclept |
释义 | ycleptyclepedadj. archaic. a. As past participle: called (so-and-so), named, styled. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called ycleptc950 nominatec1450 by the name of1472 named1532 called1538 nuncupate1548 nuncupative1548 christened1564 denominate1579 styleda1625 of the name of1728 onymous1775 appellatived1828 c950 in J. Stevenson Rituale Ecclesiæ Dunelmensis (1840) 60 Dignus vocari apostolus, wyrðe þætte ic se gicliopad erendwraca. c1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1057 (MS. D.) [Eadmund] Irensid wæs geclypod for his snellscipe. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 9 Heo weren iclipet synagoge al swa is nu iclepet al cristen folc. c1200 Vices & Virtues 7 Ðurh ane oðre senne þe is ȝecleped inobediencia. c1230 Hali Meid. 5 Syon was sum hwile iclepet þe hehe tur of Jerusalem. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 110 Al þis was ȝwile icluped [v.rr. ycleped, icleped, clepud, callyde, callyd] þe march of walis. c1330 Arth. & Merl. 5560 Her ost was ycleped Blaire. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 18 A vice þet is y-cleped ine clergie ingratitude. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 121 Braunde was þat bold quene of burnes y-clepud. c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 43 Make round-lyke Fretourys..þat ben y-clepid Ragons. c1440 Stac. Rome 674 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 166 A lytylle chapelle yeet there is, I-clepyd ‘titulus pastoris’. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1555) iii. C j b They pyped a daunce Iclipped, amour de la hault plesaunce. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. ii. 23 The king thairof yclepit Anyus. 1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. K.iiijv By name yclipt Endimion. ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda v. iii. 74 That fraudfull squire of Ithaca, iclipt Vlisses. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 235 Now for the ground Which? which I meane I walkt vpon, it is ycliped Thy Park. View more context for this quotation 1598 R. Tofte Alba iii. sig. G5 Loves Labor Lost, I once did see a Play, Ycleped so. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Nommé,..named, called, cleaped, ecleaped. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) ii. 607 The dredfull beast, yclepèd crocodile. 1638 T. Heywood Wise Woman ii. i Seuc. Is thy name Taber? Tab. I am so eclip't Sir. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 31 But com thou Goddes fair and free, In Heav'n ycleap'd Euphrosyne. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 68 A valiant Mamaluke In forrain Land, yclep'd —— [i.e. Sir Samuel Luke]. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 6 A Tall Long-sided Dame, (But wondrous light) ycleped Fame. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 324 Attending Damsels yclep'd maids of Honour. a1764 R. Lloyd Poetry Professors in Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 31 Tho' not one wit bestrides the back Of useful drudge, ycleped hack. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. ii. 86 That notable bird ycleped the Mud-poke. 1823 C. Lamb Praise of Chimney-sweepers in Elia 251 The sweet wood 'yclept sassafras. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. xi. 276 The old and tenantless dwelling yclept Fieldhead. 1879 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years I. v. 169 It is yclept ‘redistribution of seats’. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 23 Feb. 9/1 The Associated South London Extended Gold Mines Corporation, Limited, yclept in the market Suds. b. Irregularly predicated of the name. ΚΠ 1653 J. Taylor Certain Trav. Uncertain Journey 17 The name of Wheat ears, on them is ycleap'd, Because they come when wheat is yeerly reap'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c950 |
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