| 词组 | yclept |
| 释义 | yclept This peculiar-looking word is actually the past participle of the archaic verb clepe, which means "to call or name." Its strange spelling gives it a certain appeal, as does the fact that many people have no idea what it means, and the occasional writer still enjoys using it as a playful synonym of called or named: • These folks include the gargantuan Neanderthal proprietor, yclept Thor —Judith Crist, Saturday Rev., 29 May 1976 • ... a monstrous big sloop, yclept the Concorde — William F. Buckley, Jr., N. Y. Times Mag., 9 Oct. 1983 If you are willing to risk puzzling your readers, you may find some use for yclept yourself. But before you start singing about "A Boy Yclept Sue," be warned that Fowler classed yclept as "worn-out humor" back in 1926, and several subsequent commentators (Evans 1957, Flesch 1964, and Bernstein 1965) have also failed to be amused. |
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