succubus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
    succuba.

WordNet


Suc"cu*bus noun
Etymology
See Succuba.
Wordforms
plural Succubi
Definitions
  1. A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a succuba. Cf. Incubus.
  2. (Med.) The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2.

Webster 1913