Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- (of the weather, the elements, etc.) severe, rough, or harsh; stormy.
- not kind or merciful.
adjective
- (of weather) stormy, severe, or tempestuous
- harsh, severe, or merciless
1550s, from Middle French inclémence and directly from Latin inclementia “rigor, harshness, roughness,” from inclemens (see inclement).
1660s, from French inclément and directly from Latin inclementem (nominative inclemens) “harsh, unmerciful,” from in- “not, opposite of, without” (see in- (1)) + clementem “mild, placid.” “Limitation to weather is curious” [Weekley].