novercant

[prettygoodword]

novercant - adj., like or in the manner of a stepmother; having characteristics attributed to a stepmother, hostile.


From Latin novercalis, from novercal, stepmother. Found for the moment only on the Worthless Word of the Day and two other sites, one of which took it from there.

---L.

Comments

wwftd

[(Anonymous)]

I appreciate the credit(s), but also note that your link to "Worthless" is old.

-tsuwm
http://home.comcast.net/~wwftd/

Re: wwftd

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Ah -- sorry. My bookmark jumps straight to the frame, rather than the main page.

---L.