novercal
adjective
of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
unnovercal
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a word derived from
novercal.
Example Sentences
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His father was a stern Anglican clergyman of extremely Protestant leanings, his mother died when Crashaw was young, but his stepmother appears to have been most unnovercal.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury
