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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2007-11-19 07:44 am

novercant

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.

wwftd

(Anonymous) 2007-11-19 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I appreciate the credit(s), but also note that your link to "Worthless" is old.

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

Re: wwftd

[identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com 2007-11-19 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah -- sorry. My bookmark jumps straight to the frame, rather than the main page.

---L.