"inclemency" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inclemency.wav [Southern-England] Forms: inclemencies [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin inclēmentia. By surface analysis, inclemen(t) + -cy. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|inclēmentia}} Learned borrowing from Latin inclēmentia, {{surf|en|inclement<alt:inclemen(t)>|-cy}} By surface analysis, inclemen(t) + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} inclemency (usually uncountable, plural inclemencies)
  1. The quality of being inclement; lack of clemency. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-inclemency-en-noun-Lq5qaAta Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cy, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
  2. Something that is inclement. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-inclemency-en-noun-AdyGORXw

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