novercalis

== Latin == === Etymology === noverca (“stepmother”) +‎ -ālis === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɔ.wɛrˈkaː.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [no.verˈkaː.lis] === Adjective === novercālis (neuter novercāle); third-declension two-termination adjective of or belonging to one's stepmother stepmotherly; hostile, malevolent ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. === References === “novercalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “novercalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “novercalis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.