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Definition of Novercal
1. a. Done or recurring every ninth year.
2. a. Of or pertaining to a stepmother; suitable to, or in the manner of, a stepmother.
Definition of Novercal
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a stepmother. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Novercal
1. pertaining to a stepmother [adj] - See also: stepmother
Lexicographical Neighbors of Novercal
Literary usage of Novercal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"novercal, ad. ... A novercal way,—a way like that of a step-mother, unlike the
natural parent Fr. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"Number novercal, (no-ver'-kal) a. Having the manner of a stepmother ; beseeming
a stepmother. every ninth year. NOUGHT, (nawt) n. ». ..."
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