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

novelties
novelty
novelty shop
novelty song
novelty theory
november
novemdecillion
novemdecillions
novena
novenae
novenaries
novenary
novenas
novene
novennial
novercal (current term)
noverint
noverints
novgorodovaite
novice
novices
noviceship
noviceships
noviciate
noviciates
novillada
novillero
novilunar
novitiate
novitiates

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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