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"Of, relating to, or characteristic of a stepmother; stepmotherly. Frequently in extended use: cruel, malicious, hostile (usually derogatory )", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in Henry Cockeram (fl. 1623–1658), lexicographer. From classical Latin novercālis of or belonging to a stepmother, characteristic of a stepmother from noverca stepmother (probably from an extended form of the base of novus + -cus, suffix forming adjectives) + -ālis.[novercal etymology, novercal origin, 英语词源]