Inclement (adj)
in-klem-ent
(of the weather) cold or rainy; unpleasant.
1615–25; Latin inclēment-, equivalent to in- in- 3 + clēment- (stem of clēmēns ) clement
Example sentences
“I’ve had enough of foraging in this inclement weather.”
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