novercal

== English == === Etymology === From Latin novercalis, from noverca (“a stepmother”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nəʊˈvɜː(ɹ)kəl/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kəl === Adjective === novercal (not comparable) (dated) Of or pertaining to a stepmother. ==== Synonyms ==== stepmotherly === References === “novercal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.