Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inclemencies"

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.

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