novercaladj.

Brit.

/nə(ʊ)ˈvəːkl/, U.S.

/noʊˈvərk(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s nouercall, 1600s novercall, 1600s–1800s novercal.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin novercālis.

Etymology: < classical Latin novercālis of or belonging to a stepmother, characteristic of a stepmother < noverca stepmother (probably < an extended form of the base of novus new adj. (see etymological note at nerion n.) + -cus , suffix forming adjectives) + -ālis -al suffix¹.

Now rare.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a stepmother; stepmotherly. Frequently in extended use: cruel, malicious, hostile (usually derogatory).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [adjective] > relating to a stepmother

novercant1472

novercal1623

stepmotherly1848

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Nouercall, belonging to a step-mother.

1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III 41 Fortune..soone cald for the Principall and Interest from this Prince, to whom she was meerly Novercall.

1654 M. Stevenson Occasions Off-spring 4 If death must be the doom of Love; pray what Shall be the sentence of Novercal hate?

1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 12 The Soil is so pregnant and fertile, that nature hath stor'd it in no niggardly nor novercal benevolence.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. vii. iv. 392 It is a wonderfull Deviation, that some few Families [of birds] only should do it in a more novercal Way.

1767 W. Bennet Let. in S. Parr Wks. (1828) VII. 69 A firmer basis than either novercal rapacity would have designed, or novercal malice left you.

1821 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 205 It must be allowed that our venerable mother, the Roman church, has exercised this right with a freedom, that bears hard on novercal despotism.

1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 767 In compensation of this novercal usage, fortune has given him a long purse.

1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. ii. 100 Guido's old lady-mother Beatrice..Was recognized of true novercal type, Dragon and devil.

1982 Classical Rev. 32 56 This Greek world is certainly an eastward-facing one, Sicily and Magna Graecia receiving decidedly novercal treatment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	novercal
释义	novercaladj. Brit. /nə(ʊ)ˈvəːkl/, U.S. /noʊˈvərk(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s nouercall, 1600s novercall, 1600s–1800s novercal. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin novercālis. Etymology: < classical Latin novercālis of or belonging to a stepmother, characteristic of a stepmother < noverca stepmother (probably < an extended form of the base of novus new adj. (see etymological note at nerion n.) + -cus , suffix forming adjectives) + -ālis -al suffix¹. Now rare. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a stepmother; stepmotherly. Frequently in extended use: cruel, malicious, hostile (usually derogatory). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [adjective] > relating to a stepmother novercant1472 novercal1623 stepmotherly1848 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Nouercall, belonging to a step-mother. 1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III 41 Fortune..soone cald for the Principall and Interest from this Prince, to whom she was meerly Novercall. 1654 M. Stevenson Occasions Off-spring 4 If death must be the doom of Love; pray what Shall be the sentence of Novercal hate? 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 12 The Soil is so pregnant and fertile, that nature hath stor'd it in no niggardly nor novercal benevolence. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. vii. iv. 392 It is a wonderfull Deviation, that some few Families [of birds] only should do it in a more novercal Way. 1767 W. Bennet Let. in S. Parr Wks. (1828) VII. 69 A firmer basis than either novercal rapacity would have designed, or novercal malice left you. 1821 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 205 It must be allowed that our venerable mother, the Roman church, has exercised this right with a freedom, that bears hard on novercal despotism. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 767 In compensation of this novercal usage, fortune has given him a long purse. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. ii. 100 Guido's old lady-mother Beatrice..Was recognized of true novercal type, Dragon and devil. 1982 Classical Rev. 32 56 This Greek world is certainly an eastward-facing one, Sicily and Magna Graecia receiving decidedly novercal treatment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1623
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