Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Novercal

Novercal , adjective

[Latin novennis of nine years; novem nine + annus year.]

Done or recurring every ninth year.

Novercal , adjective

[Latin novercalis, from noverca a stepmother.]

Of or pertaining to a stepmother; suitable to, or in the manner of, a stepmother. — Derham