inclementadj.

/ɪnˈklɛmənt/

Etymology: < Latin inclēment-em, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + clēment- clement adj.; compare French inclément (1564 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

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.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective]

starkOE

unkindc1330

foulc1390

distemperate1398

distempered1490

untemperate1525

intemperate1526

naughty1541

intempered1556

unkindly1579

sour1582

unclement1598

filthy1600

nasty1634

dirty1660

inclement1667

inclemental1709

wretched1711

foul-weather1750

ungenial1816

wersh1830

shabby1853

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 1063 To shun Th' inclement Seasons, Rain, Ice, Hail and Snow.

1701 J. Philips Splendid Shilling 94 When..th' inclement air Persuades men to repel benumbing frosts.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Third 9 In this inclement Clime of human life.

1760 J. Beattie tr. Virgil 7th Pastoral in Orig. Poems & Transl. 157 Inclement drought the hardening soil would drain.

1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1876) II. i. i. 8 The North does but hold out to them a climate more inclement than their own.

in extended use.1867 Good 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. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adjective] > merciless

orelesseOE

sternc1275

fell?c1335

unmerciablea1382

wantona1393

mercilessc1400

unmercifula1425

gracelessc1425

unmercifula1450

unmerciless1545

unsparinga1586

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unhuman1611

inclement1621

unmercied1627

1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Liuing Libr. v. iii. 330 Pope Clement the fift, was inclement and cruell.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 288 O thou, she cry'd, whom first inclement fate Made welcome to my hospitable gate!

in extended use.1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 149 We have been tossing nearly all day upon a rough, inclement ocean.

Derivatives

inˈclemently adv. pitilessly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adverb] > mercilessly

unsparelya1225

without sparea1300

without(en) grith13..

mercilessc1425

unmercifully1536

mercilesslya1576

unsparinglya1631

inclemently1789

1789 J. White Earl Strongbow II. 167 By adhering inclemently to her recent resolution.

inˈclementness n. (Bailey vol. II 1727).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	inclement
释义	inclementadj. /ɪnˈklɛmənt/ Etymology: < Latin inclēment-em, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + clēment- clement adj.; compare French inclément (1564 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). 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.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] starkOE unkindc1330 foulc1390 distemperate1398 distempered1490 untemperate1525 intemperate1526 naughty1541 intempered1556 unkindly1579 sour1582 unclement1598 filthy1600 nasty1634 dirty1660 inclement1667 inclemental1709 wretched1711 foul-weather1750 ungenial1816 wersh1830 shabby1853 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 1063 To shun Th' inclement Seasons, Rain, Ice, Hail and Snow. View more context for this quotation 1701 J. Philips Splendid Shilling 94 When..th' inclement air Persuades men to repel benumbing frosts. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Third 9 In this inclement Clime of human life. 1760 J. Beattie tr. Virgil 7th Pastoral in Orig. Poems & Transl. 157 Inclement drought the hardening soil would drain. 1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1876) II. i. i. 8 The North does but hold out to them a climate more inclement than their own. in extended use.1867 Good 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. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adjective] > merciless orelesseOE sternc1275 fell?c1335 unmerciablea1382 wantona1393 mercilessc1400 unmercifula1425 gracelessc1425 unmercifula1450 unmerciless1545 unsparinga1586 spareless1589 unhuman1611 inclement1621 unmercied1627 1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Liuing Libr. v. iii. 330 Pope Clement the fift, was inclement and cruell. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 288 O thou, she cry'd, whom first inclement fate Made welcome to my hospitable gate! in extended use.1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 149 We have been tossing nearly all day upon a rough, inclement ocean. Derivatives inˈclemently adv. pitilessly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adverb] > mercilessly unsparelya1225 without sparea1300 without(en) grith13.. mercilessc1425 unmercifully1536 mercilesslya1576 unsparinglya1631 inclemently1789 1789 J. White Earl Strongbow II. 167 By adhering inclemently to her recent resolution. inˈclementness n. (Bailey vol. II 1727). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1621
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