Crossword clues for inclemency
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inclemency \In*clem"en*cy\, n.; pl. Inclemencies. [L. inclementia: cf. F. incl['e]mence.]
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The state or quality of being inclement; lack of clemency; lack of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.
The inclemency of the late pope.
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Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow.
The inclemencies of morning air.
--Pope.The rude inclemency of wintry skies.
--Cowper.Syn: Harshness; severity; cruelty; rigor; roughness; storminess; boisterousness.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, from Middle French inclémence and directly from Latin inclementia "rigor, harshness, roughness," from inclemens (see inclement).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The quality of being inclement 2 A lack of clemency 3 Something that is inclement
WordNet
n. weather unsuitable for outdoor activities [syn: bad weather, inclementness] [ant: good weather]
excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" [syn: severity, harshness, rigor, rigour, hardness, stiffness]
Usage examples of "inclemency".
But, in short, Granite House did not suffer much from the inclemency of the weather, and it was the same with the corral, which, less exposed than the plateau, and sheltered partly by Mount Franklin, only received the remains of the hurricanes, already broken by the forests and the high rocks of the shore.
John Mangles bore him company, and endured with him the inclemency of the weather.
Archidamus and the Epirot refugees were for his staying there, but the Macedonian leaders gave it as their opinion that he ought not to fight against the inclemency of the season, with no reserve of supplies, for the besiegers would suffer from the effects of scarcity sooner than the besieged.
The triumphant caliph retired, after the fatigues of the campaign, to his favorite palace of Racca on the Euphrates: ^76 but the distance of five hundred miles, and the inclemency of the season, encouraged his adversary to violate the peace.