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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Novercaladjective

    Having the manner of a stepmother; beseeming a stepmother.

    Etymology: nivercalis, from noverca, Latin.

    When the whole tribe of birds by incubation, produce their young, it is a wonderful deviation, that some few families should do it in a more novercal way. William Derham.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Novercaladjective

    done or recurring every ninth year

  2. Novercaladjective

    of or pertaining to a stepmother; suitable to, or in the manner of, a stepmother

  3. Etymology: [L. novercalis, from noverca a stepmother.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Novercal

    nō-vėr′kal, adj. pertaining to or befitting a stepmother. [L. novercalisnoverca, a stepmother.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of novercal in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of novercal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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