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Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-klem-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈklɛm ənt



Definition of inclemency

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Middle French inclémence and directly from Latin inclementia "rigor, harshness, roughness," from inclemens (see inclement).
  • As in austerity : noun severity
  • As in rigor : noun strictness, exactness
  • As in cold : noun frigid conditions
Example sentences :
  • We were in a wigwam, which afforded us but miserable shelter from the inclemency of the season.
  • Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
  • John Mangles bore him company, and endured with him the inclemency of the weather.
  • Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
  • This gloom, and the inclemency of the weather, added to the young painter's depression.
  • Extract from : « Caught In The Net » by Emile Gaboriau
  • The post-boys were exposed to all the inclemency of the weather both by day and night.
  • Extract from : « A Hundred Years by Post » by J. Wilson Hyde
  • What were rain and cold, the inclemency of the elements to them?
  • Extract from : « The Inside of the Cup, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • The village afforded us shelter from the inclemency of the weather, and, what was still more welcome, a quantity of boiled rice.
  • Extract from : « Narrative of the Operations of a Detachment in an Expedition to Candy, in the Island of Ceylon, in the Year 1804 » by Arthur Johnston
  • But there was to be added another cause, the inclemency of the weather.
  • Extract from : « Canada in Flanders, Volume II (of 3) » by Lord Max Aitken Beaverbrook
  • Seek for her but a shelter from inclemency, and take her therein to liberty, to thee!
  • Extract from : « Secresy » by E. (Eliza) Fenwick
  • I should be sorry were she to suffer by the storm's inclemency.
  • Extract from : « Secresy » by E. (Eliza) Fenwick
  • Then, to think of the solitude, of his nakedness, and of the inclemency of the weather.
  • Extract from : « The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros » by Pedro Fernandez de Quiros

Synonyms for inclemency

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