What does inclemency mean?

Definitions for inclemency
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bad weather, inclemency, inclementnessnoun

    weather unsuitable for outdoor activities

  2. severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffnessnoun

    excessive sternness

    "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

Wiktionary

  1. inclemencynoun

    The quality of being inclement

  2. inclemencynoun

    A lack of clemency

  3. inclemencynoun

    Something that is inclement

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Inclemencynoun

    Unmercifulness; cruelty; severity; harshness; roughness.

    Etymology: inclemence, Fr. inclementia, Latin.

    And though by tempests of the prize bereft,
    In heaven's inclemency some ease we find:
    Our foes we vanquish'd by our valour left. Dryden.

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  1. inclemency

    Inclemency refers to harsh or severe conditions in the weather or environment, often unsuitable and unpleasant. It can also refer to someone's behavior or attitude that is unmerciful, cruel or ruthless. The state or quality of being unkind, severe, or harsh.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inclemencynoun

    the state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity

  2. Inclemencynoun

    physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inclemency in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inclemency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of inclemency in a Sentence

  1. David Hume:

    The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modeled, by the most profound wisdom of patriots and legislators. Even the lonely savage, who lies exposed to the inclemency of the elements and the fury of wild beasts, forgets not, for a moment, this grand object of his being.

  2. David Hume:

    The great end of all human industry, is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modelled, by the most profound wisdom of patriots and legislators. Even the lonely savage, who lies exposed to the inclemency of the elements and the fury of wild beasts, forgets not, for a moment, this grand object, of his being.

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