inclemencyn.
/ɪnˈklɛmənsi/ The quality or condition of being inclement.† 2. Want of clemency or kindliness of disposition; pitilessness, unmercifulness. Obsolete.
1. in extended use.1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life vii. 95 Providence, tempering the inclemency of the domestic situation, sent them Giovanna.
a. The opposite of mildness or temperateness of climate; severity of weather.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > condition of
reighnessOE
distemperancec1374
distemperurea1387
sternnessa1387
intemperance?a1475
distemperature1531
intemperancy1540
roughness1545
crabbedness1546
intemperateness1555
inclemency1559
intemperature1570
untemperateness1577
foulness1581
distemperment1582
distemper1614
unkindliness1625
1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse Pref. sig. Avi In trauailing, thou shalt not be molested with the inclemencye of th' Aere, boysterous windes [etc.].
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 70 I cannot..longer endure the inclemencie and intemperature of the aire in this extreame hot season.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Planting Strong enough to bear the Inclemency of the weather.
1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 3 I saw..a white man..who, by the inclemency of the sun,..was tarnished with as deep an Indian hue, as any of the camp.
1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. ix. 381 His march was delayed by the inclemency of the weather.
b. With plural: A particular instance of this.
ΚΠ
1699 S. Garth Dispensary i. 8 Deep sunk in Down, they..Avoid th' Inclemencies of Morning Air.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xiv. 288 Not fit to struggle with the inclemencies of a cold climate.
1749 T. Smollett Regicide v. vii. 75 Who rest secure From all th' Inclemencies of stormy Life.
1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times xiv. 480 This [sc. mind] gave him clothing against the varying inclemencies of the seasons.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [noun] > mercilessness
unmercyc1425
unmercifulheadc1450
unmercifulness1534
merciless1584
mercilessness1591
inclemency1598
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Inclemenza, rigorousnes..mercilesnesse, inclemencie.
1610 G. Carleton Iurisdict. 221 After his death Clement vsed all inclemency against me, setting vp another King.
1615 Bp. J. Hall Imprese of God ii, in Recoll. Treat. 667 The inclemencie of the late Pope laboring to forestall him in his iust throne.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Inclemency, rigour, sharpness, a being without pitty or compassion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1559