Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inclemency

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-clemen-cy
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being inclement; lack of clemency.

Uncountable

noun

Something that is inclement.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"with neither house nor clothes to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather"
"They are built of rough sticks, covered with bulrushes or grass, in such a manner as to completely protect the inhabitants from all the inclemencies of the weather."
"There had been rain, squalls mingled with snow, hailstorms, gusts of wind, but these inclemencies did not last."
"The cry of the suffering and dying rings in our ears, as they are dragged from their beds, to be exposed to the inclemencies of the ice-covered sea in an open boat."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inclēmentia. By surface analysis, inclemen(t) + -cy.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

inclemencies (plural)

Synonyms

severity severeness harshness rigor rigour rigorousness rigourousness hardness stiffness

Questions

What does inclemency mean?: The quality of being inclement; lack of clemency.
Where does inclemency come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin inclēmentia. By surface analysis, inclemen(t) + -cy.

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