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novercal

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no⋅ver⋅cal

  [noh-vur-kuhl]
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–adjective
of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
Origin:
1615–25; < L novercālis, equiv. to noverc(a) stepmother + -ālis -al 1
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no·ver·cal   (nō-vûr'kəl)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or characteristic of a stepmother.

[Latin novercālis, from noverca, stepmother; see newo- in Indo-European roots.]
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