Associations to the word «Inclemency»

Wiktionary

INCLEMENCY, noun. The quality of being inclement
INCLEMENCY, noun. A lack of clemency
INCLEMENCY, noun. Something that is inclement

Dictionary definition

INCLEMENCY, noun. Weather unsuitable for outdoor activities.
INCLEMENCY, noun. Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats