Cletus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cletus, short form of the papal name Anacletus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάκλητος (anáklētos, “invoked”).

Proper noun

Cletus

1. (chiefly US) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 2011, Veronica Wolff, Isle of Night: The Watchers, Penguin (→ISBN)

     One of those things with a wooden handle and garishly serrated edges, used by guys with names like Cletus or Bobby Ray.

Anagrams

• culets, lucets