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clement
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin cl?m?ns.
Adjective
clement (comparative more clement, superlative most clement)
- Lenient or merciful; charitable.
- a 1891, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, published 1924, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, [1]
- Your clement sentence they would account pusillanimous.
- a 1891, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, published 1924, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, [1]
- Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).
- 1984, Edna O'Brien, "The Bachelor" in A Fanatic Heart, New York: Plume, p. 66,
- The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions.
- 1992, A. B. Yehoshua, Mr. Mani, translated by Hillel Halkin, New York: Doubleday, pp. 314-5,
- The earth was still dry and the air was perfectly clement.
- 1984, Edna O'Brien, "The Bachelor" in A Fanatic Heart, New York: Plume, p. 66,
Antonyms
- inclement
Related terms
- clemency
Translations
References
Romanian
Etymology
From French clément, from Latin clemens.
Adjective
clement m or n (feminine singular clement?, masculine plural clemen?i, feminine and neuter plural clemente)
- clement
Declension
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soothing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?su?ð??/
- Rhymes: -u?ð??
Adjective
soothing (comparative more soothing, superlative most soothing)
- Tending to soothe.
- soothing music
- Giving relief.
- a soothing ointment
- Freeing from fear or anxiety.
- soothing words
Derived terms
- soothingly
Translations
Verb
soothing
- present participle of soothe
Noun
soothing (plural soothings)
- The act by which somebody is soothed.
- 1823, Charles Caleb Colton
- There are moments when the brightest minds prefer the soothings of sympathy to all the brilliance of wit, as he that is in need of repose, selects a bed of feathers, rather than of flints.
- 1823, Charles Caleb Colton
Anagrams
- hootings, shooting
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