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Meaning of SUCCUBA

Pronunciation:  'sukyubu

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
 
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 Synonyms: succubus
 
 See Also: daemon, daimon, demon, devil, fiend

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Suc"cu*ba\, n.; pl. {Succub[ae]}. [NL., fr. L.
succubare to lie under; sub under + cubare to lie down; cf.
L. succuba, succubo, one who lies under another.]
A female demon or fiend. See {Succubus}.
      Though seeming in shape a woman natural Was a fiend of
      the kind that succub[ae] some call.      --Mir. for
                                               Mag.
 
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