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inclement, a.|ɪnˈklɛmənt|
[ad. L. inclēment-em, f. in- (in-3) + clēment- clement; cf. F. inclément (1564 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Not clement.
1. Of climate or weather: Not mild or temperate; extreme; severe. (Usually applied to cold or stormy weather; rarely of severe heat or drought.)
1667Milton P.L. x. 1063 To shun Th' inclement Seasons, Rain, Ice, Hail and Snow. 1701J. Philips Splendid Shilling 94 When..th' inclement air Persuades men to repel benumbing frosts. 1742Young Nt. Th. iii. 80 In this inclement clime of human life. 1760Beattie Past. vii. Poems 157 Inclement drought the hardening soil would drain. 1853J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. (1876) II. i. i. 8 The North does but hold out to them a climate more inclement than their own.
transf.1867Good Cheer 11 This is not because the country to which they have been driven is ugly or inclement—it may or may not be such.
†2. Not merciful or kindly; pitiless, harsh, severe, cruel. Obs.
1621Molle Camerar. Liv. Libr. v. iii. 330 Pope Clement the fift, was inclement and cruell. 1725Pope Odyss. xix. 288 O thou, she cry'd, whom first inclement fate Made welcome to my hospitable gate!
transf.1861L. L. Noble Icebergs 149 We have been tossing nearly all day upon a rough, inclement ocean.
Hence inˈclemently adv., pitilessly; inˈclementness (Bailey vol. II, 1727).
1789Jas. White Earl Strongbow II. 167 By adhering inclemently to her recent resolution. |