clement
/ˈklɛmənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.43 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Lenient or merciful; charitable.
adj
Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).
Example Sentences
- "I know you are more clement than vilde^([sic – meaning vile]) men, / Who of their broken Debtors take a third, / A ſixt, a tenth, letting them thriue againe / On their abatement; […]"
- "Your clement sentence they would account pusillanimous."
- "The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions."
- "The earth was still dry and the air was perfectly clement."
- "And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life."
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin clēmēns (“merciful”). Equivalent to clīnō + participial suffix -menos. https://www.etymonline.com/word/clemency
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ḱlew-, Clēmens