clementadj.

/ˈklɛmənt/

Etymology: < Latin clēment-em mild, placid, gentle. Modern French has also clément (in Cotgrave 1611).

1. Of persons, their actions, etc.: Mild and humane in the exercise of power or authority; merciful, lenient, kindly, towards subjects or those in one's power.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > merciful

mild-hearteOE

orefulOE

mild-hearteda1200

merciablec1225

milcefulc1225

mildfulc1225

mildheartfulc1225

milthc1300

merciful1340

milfulc1425

sparingc1480

clement1483

misericordious1483

misericordc1485

undispiteous1598

misericorsa1600

remissful1603

clementious1632

society > authority > lack of strictness > [adjective] > clement

clement1483

clementious1632

1483 Cath. Angl. 66 Clement, clemens.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 451 Ane victour suld be Curtas and clement, but crudelitie.

1578 J. Florio Firste Fruites f. 65 What more noble vertue can be in a Prince, then to be clement, ready to forgeve, and slowe to punishe?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 112 I know you are more clement than vilde men, Who of their broken Debtors take a third.

1745 E. Young Consolation 15 The sweet, the clement, Mediatorial Hour!

1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 283 A clement use of authority.

2. Of weather or climate: Mild, gentle; opposed to inclement. [So in Latin.] rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [adjective] > mild (of weather or climate)

mildOE

softc1225

greenc1425

gentle1550

genial1647

clement1652

balmy1709

maumy1728

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. H2^v So clement and benign a soyl, that Roses grow there thrice a yeer.

1864 Daily Tel. 26 July This clement weather.

1916 H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap v. 174 A clement Sabbath would have seen her ‘resting’, as she would put it.

Derivatives

ˈclemently adv. mildly, mercifully.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [adverb] > mercifully

mercifullyc1390

merciably?a1425

misericordiallya1652

clementiously1662

clemently1664

society > authority > lack of strictness > [adverb] > clemently

clementiously1662

clemently1664

1664 Bp. J. Taylor Disswasive from Popery ii. ix. 131 O Mary Magdalen, hear our prayers..and most clemently reconcile this company unto Christ.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clement
释义	clementadj. /ˈklɛmənt/ Etymology: < Latin clēment-em mild, placid, gentle. Modern French has also clément (in Cotgrave 1611). 1. Of persons, their actions, etc.: Mild and humane in the exercise of power or authority; merciful, lenient, kindly, towards subjects or those in one's power. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > merciful mild-hearteOE orefulOE mild-hearteda1200 merciablec1225 milcefulc1225 mildfulc1225 mildheartfulc1225 milthc1300 merciful1340 milfulc1425 sparingc1480 clement1483 misericordious1483 misericordc1485 undispiteous1598 misericorsa1600 remissful1603 clementious1632 society > authority > lack of strictness > [adjective] > clement clement1483 clementious1632 1483 Cath. Angl. 66 Clement, clemens. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 451 Ane victour suld be Curtas and clement, but crudelitie. 1578 J. Florio Firste Fruites f. 65 What more noble vertue can be in a Prince, then to be clement, ready to forgeve, and slowe to punishe? a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 112 I know you are more clement than vilde men, Who of their broken Debtors take a third. View more context for this quotation 1745 E. Young Consolation 15 The sweet, the clement, Mediatorial Hour! 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 283 A clement use of authority. 2. Of weather or climate: Mild, gentle; opposed to inclement. [So in Latin.] rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [adjective] > mild (of weather or climate) mildOE softc1225 greenc1425 gentle1550 genial1647 clement1652 balmy1709 maumy1728 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. H2^v So clement and benign a soyl, that Roses grow there thrice a yeer. 1864 Daily Tel. 26 July This clement weather. 1916 H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap v. 174 A clement Sabbath would have seen her ‘resting’, as she would put it. Derivatives ˈclemently adv. mildly, mercifully. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adverb] > mercifully mercifullyc1390 merciably?a1425 misericordiallya1652 clementiously1662 clemently1664 society > authority > lack of strictness > [adverb] > clemently clementiously1662 clemently1664 1664 Bp. J. Taylor Disswasive from Popery ii. ix. 131 O Mary Magdalen, hear our prayers..and most clemently reconcile this company unto Christ. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1483
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