inclemency
pronunciation
How to pronounce inclemency in British English:
UK [ɪn'klemənsɪ]
How to pronounce inclemency in American English:
US [ɪn'klemənsɪ]
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- Noun:
- weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
- excessive sternness
Word Origin
- inclemency (n.)
- 1550s, from Middle French inclémence and directly from Latin inclementia "rigor, harshness, roughness," from inclemens (see inclement).
Example
- 1. The inclemency of the weather kept us from school .
- 2. I asked myself where my mother could be , whether she 'd also been able to withstand the poison , her lungs adapt to this solitary inclemency and the dearth of oxygen .