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Archaic English, meaning "called" or "named". "It is full fair to ben yclept madame" - Chaucer "To be called Madam is acceptable". Perhaps in Chaucers day, it was. These days, "Madam" has many uses, and has fallen into disfavour. The word "yclept" (or "ycleped") has fallen so far from favour as to be used only in jocular or poetic senses. I call this a shame. It is pronounced with a long "e", as in he. The etymology is seemingly straightforward enough, taken from the Middle English verb clepe...