A “quick and dirty” definition today, as I have a lot of work and a little of the day left. It may help if I managed my time better, but such stuff dreams are made of!
Yclept, then is simply a fancy and archaic method of saying “called” or “named as”. It’s pronounced ee-klept, with a [...]

I have a confession to make. There is a reason why this word appears in my list of words. It’s not that I can find out much about the etymology of the word, nor is it because it’s particularly fascinating. More of which later.
The word is of dubious origin – another piece of dead-end research [...]