inclemency

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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

There had been rain, squalls mingled with snow, hailstorms, gusts of wind, but these inclemencies did not last. — The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne
Those who live by agriculture generally pass the whole day in the open air, exposed to all the inclemencies of the seasons. — An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
The Oder, the Wartha, the deserts of Poland, and the inclemency of the season have not for a moment retarded your progress. — Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Complete, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

bad weather, inclementness

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