An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
INCLEMENT
inclement
(adjective) used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy; “the harsh sentence of an inclement judge”
inclement
(adjective) (of weather or climate) severe
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
inclement (comparative more inclement, superlative most inclement)
Stormy, of rough weather
(obsolete) Merciless, unrelenting.
(archaic) Unmercifully severe in temper or action.
Antonyms
• clement
Source: Wiktionary
In*clem"ent, a. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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