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novercaphobia

novercaphobia noun: fear or dislike of one's stepmother.

Noun

novercaphobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear or dislike of one's stepmother.
    • . Or maybe you have novercaphobia—that is, fear of your mother-in-law.1999 November 18, DLSprunk, “Fear of YCW?”, in alt.fan.mark-brian (Usenet)
    • I can understand Novercaphobia though. ;) What the evil stepmom.. Look at Cinderella..?2000 October 30, dawnems, “WoooooooooooHooooooooo!”, in alt.games.final-fantasy (Usenet)

novercaphobia meaning in Tamil

novercaphobia in Tamil

மாற்றாந்தாய் வெருளி

Origin of novercaphobia

From Latin noverca + -phobia.

Questions about novercaphobia

What does novercaphobia mean?
Novercaphobia means fear or dislike of one's stepmother.
What is novercaphobia in Tamil?
Novercaphobia in Tamil is மாற்றாந்தாய் வெருளி. See Novercaphobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is novercaphobia?
Novercaphobia is a noun.

Words near novercaphobia in the dictionary

  1. novene
  2. novennia
  3. novennial
  4. novennium
  5. novercal
  6. novercaphobia
  7. noverint
  8. noverints
  9. Noveschi
  10. novex
  11. Novgorod

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