succubus

Noun
Synonyms: succuba

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Noun (1)succubi

  1. a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping menSynonyms: succubaType of devil, fiend
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Suc′cu·bus noun; pl. Succubi (#).

Origin: See Succuba.

1. A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a succuba. Cf. Incubus.

2. Medicine The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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