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Webster 1913 Edition

Inclemency

In-clem′en-cy

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Inclemencies
(#)
.
[L.
inclementia
: cf. F.
inclémence
.]
1.
The state or quality of being inclement; lack of clemency; lack of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.
The
inclemency
of the late pope.
Bp. Hall.
2.
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.
Syn. – Harshness; severity; cruelty; rigor; roughness; storminess; boisterousness.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inclemency

INCLEM'ENCY

,
Noun.
[L. inclementia. See Clemency.]
1.
Want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; harshness; severity; applied to persons.
2.
Roughness, boisterousness; storminess; or simply raininess; severe cold, &c.; applied to the weather. We were detained by the inclemency of the weather.

Definition 2024

inclemency

inclemency

English

Noun

inclemency ‎(usually uncountable, plural inclemencies)

  1. The quality of being inclement
  2. A lack of clemency
  3. Something that is inclement
    • 1849, Edwin Bryant, What I Saw in California:
      They are built of rough sticks, covered with bulrushes or grass, in such a manner as to completely protect the inhabitants from all the inclemencies of the weather.
    • 1874, Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island:
      There had been rain, squalls mingled with snow, hailstorms, gusts of wind, but these inclemencies did not last.
    • 1922, Charles Sylvester, Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5:
      The cry of the suffering and dying rings in our ears, as they are dragged from their beds, to be exposed to the inclemencies of the ice-covered sea in an open boat.

Etymology

inclement +‎ -cy. From Latin inclementia.

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