Novercal
/nəʊˈvɜː(ɹ)kəl/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to a stepmother. dated, not-comparable
"when almost the whole tribe of birds do thus, by incubation, produce their young , it is a wonderful deviation , that some few families only ſhould do it in a more novercal way"
Example
More examples"when almost the whole tribe of birds do thus, by incubation, produce their young , it is a wonderful deviation , that some few families only ſhould do it in a more novercal way"
Etymology
From Latin novercalis, from noverca (“a stepmother”).