Etymology

inclemency

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Today it means: The quality of being inclement; lack of clemency. Full definition →

Latin inclēmentia
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing frominclēmentia
  2. English todayinclemency

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

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