nurtural, a.
(ˈnɜːtjʊərəl)
[f. nurture n. + -al.]
Of, belonging to, or due to nurture; usually designating characteristics, etc., which can be attributed to training, environment, or the like, and are not natural or inherited.
| 1889 Jrnl. Anthrop. Inst. XIX. 78 The problem of determining purely ‘racial characteristics’ will be considerably simplified if we can in this way determine what may be described in contradistinction as ‘nurtural characteristics’. 1922 W. R. Inge Outspoken Ess. 2nd Ser. 257 Professor Pearson has tabulated a long list of natural characters, and another long list of nurtural characters. 1922 Edin. Rev. July 47 Religion is the strongest of nurtural influences. |