All 4 Uses of
inclement
in
Don Quixote
- The mighty cork trees, unenforced save of their own courtesy, shed the broad light bark that served at first to roof the houses supported by rude stakes, a protection against the inclemency of heaven alone.†
Chpt 1.11-12 *inclemency = bad weather
- and sometimes his nakedness will be so great that a slashed doublet serves him for uniform and shirt, and in the depth of winter he has to defend himself against the inclemency of the weather in the open field with nothing better than the breath of his mouth, which I need not say, coming from an empty place, must come out cold, contrary to the laws of nature.†
Chpt 1.37-38
- no knight now-a-days sleeps in the open field exposed to the inclemency of heaven, and in full panoply from head to foot;†
Chpt 2.1-2
- but let the knight-errant explore the corners of the earth and penetrate the most intricate labyrinths, at each step let him attempt impossibilities, on desolate heaths let him endure the burning rays of the midsummer sun, and the bitter inclemency of the winter winds and frosts;†
Chpt 2.17-18
Definitions:
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(1)
(inclement) describing bad weather -- such as stormy, wet, or cold
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely (and archaically), inclement can refer to a merciless person.