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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inclemency \In*clem"en*cy\, n.; pl {Inclemencies}. [L.
inclementia: cf F. incl['e]mence.]
1. The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency;
want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.
The inclemency of the late pope. --Bp. Hall.
2. Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the
elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe
cold, wind, rain, or snow.
The inclemencies of morning air. --Pope.
The rude inclemency of wintry skies. --Cowper.
Syn: Harshness; severity; cruelty; rigor; roughness;
storminess; boisterousness.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inclemency
n 1: weather unsuitable for outdoor activities [syn: {bad weather},
{inclementness}] [ant: {good weather}]
2: excessive sternness; "the severity of his punishment was
inhuman" [syn: {severity}, {harshness}, {hardness}, {stiffness}]
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