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yclept

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y·clept  (-klpt) or y·cleped (-klpt, -klpt)
v.
A past participle of clepe.
[Middle English icleped, from Old English geclepod, past participle of gecleopian, to call : ge-, verb pref.; see kom in Indo-European roots + cleopian, to call.]
yclept [ɪˈklɛpt] Obsolete
vb
a past participle of clepe
adj
having the name of; called
[Old English gecleopod, past participle of cleopian to call]
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I do not ask you to come and see me, since my lodging is not of a magnificence fit for the reception of an eminent member of Monsieur Purgon's profession, but you will find me eating modestly any evening between seven and eight at a restaurant yclept Au Bon Plaisir in Dean Street.
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