1. The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.
The inclemency of the late pope.
Bp. Hall. 2. Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe
cold, wind, rain, or snow.
The inclemencies of morning air.
Pope.
The rude inclemency of wintry skies.
Cowper. Syn. — Harshness; severity; cruelty; rigor; roughness; storminess; boisterousness.
Inclement
(In*clem"ent) a. [L. inclemens; pref. in- not + clemens mild: cf. F. inclément. See Clement.]
1. Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.
2. Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously
cold, etc.; as, inclement weather. Cowper.
The guard the wretched from the inclement sky.
Pope.
Teach us further by what means to shun
The inclement seasons, rain, ice, hail, and snow!
Milton. Inclemently
(In*clem"ent*ly), adv. In an inclement manner.
Inclinable
(In*clin"a*ble) a. [L. inclinabilis. See Incline.]
1. Leaning; tending.
Likely and inclinable to fall.
Bentley. 2. Having a propensity of will or feeling; leaning in disposition; disposed; propense; as, a mind inclinable
to truth.
Whatsoever other sins he may be inclinable to.
South.
The very constitution of a multitude is not so inclinable to save as to destroy.
Fuller. Inclinableness
(In*clin"a*ble*ness), n. The state or quality of being inclinable; inclination.
Inclination
(In`cli*na"tion) n. [L. inclinatio: cf. F. inclination.]
1. The act of inclining, or state of being inclined; a leaning; as, an inclination of the head.
2. A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or
of a road bed.
3. A tendency towards another body or point.
4. (Geom.) The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator
to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23° 28′ the inclination of two rays of light.
