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English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin clēmēns (“merciful”).[1] [2] Equivalent to clīnō + participial suffix -menos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
clement (comparative more clement, superlative most clement)
- Lenient or merciful; charitable.
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 393, column 2:I know you are more clement than vilde men, / Who of their broken Debtors take a third, / A ſixt, a tenth, letting them thriue againe / On their abatement; […]
- Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).
1984, Edna O'Brien, “The Bachelor”, in A Fanatic Heart, New York: Plume, page 66:The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions.
1992, A. B. Yehoshua, translated by Hillel Halkin, Mr. Mani, New York: Doubleday, pages 314–5:The earth was still dry and the air was perfectly clement.
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Translations
lenient or merciful; charitable
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References
- ^ clement in: T. F. Hoad, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Oxford University Press, 2003, →ISBN
- ^ “Clement”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), (Can we date this quote?)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French clément, from Latin clemens.
Adjective
clement m or n (feminine singular clementă, masculine plural clemenți, feminine and neuter plural clemente)
- clement
Declension