Yclept: (ih-klept) Called or named. (Also ycleped.)
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| Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Yclept Desire ;) |
How’s that for a glimpse at antiquity?
Those charming little missives ycleped valentines.
-Lamb.
Reading about this word brought me back to high school english when we had to read Chaucer’s CANTERBURY TALES and memorize the prologue:
Whan that aprill with his shoures soote
The droghte of march hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
The droghte of march hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Which went on for a total of forty-two lines of impossible (to our modern eyes) prose found here.
Can you imagine speaking like this?
Greetings, I am yclept Corinne. ;)
My Y Read: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
My Y Listen: You Know I’m No Good by Amy Winehouse
What a great word! I too memorized the prologue to CT and had to learn to read/speak Middle English. I think it was a good thing, stretched the brain, but I’m glad we don’t talk like that any more!
i heart a year of magical thinking too!
Nope, can’t imagine speakin’ that way. Just kiddin’ Sorry. Having too much fun here.