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Incubus Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Incubus? [n] a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women [n] someone who depresses or worries others [n] a situation resembling a terrifying dream Synonyms \| Synonyms for Incubus: nightmare Related Terms \| Find terms related to Incubus: afreet \| Baba Yaga \| bad dream \| bale \| barghest \| bogey \| bogeyman \| brown study \| bugaboo \| bugbear \| burden \| burdening \| burthen \| cacodemon \| cargo \| charge \| charging \| cumber \| cumbrance \| daeva \| daydream \| deadweight \| demon \| devil \| Dracula \| drag \| dream \| dybbuk \| evil spirit \| fee-faw-fum \| fiend \| fiend from hell \| Frankenstein \| freight \| frightener \| genie \| genius \| ghost \| ghoul \| gyre \| handicap \| hellion \| hobgoblin \| holy terror \| horror \| incumbency \| jinni \| jinniyeh \| lading \| lamia \| Lilith \| load \| loading \| millstone \| monster \| nightmare \| ogre \| ogress \| oppression \| overload \| overtaxing \| overweighting \| phantom \| pipe dream \| pressure \| rakshasa \| revenant \| reverie \| saddling \| satan \| scarebabe \| scarecrow \| scarer \| shedu \| specter \| succubus \| superincumbency \| surcharge \| taxing \| terror \| the undead \| vampire \| vision \| werewolf \| Wolf-man \| yogini See Also \| daemon \| daimon \| demon \| devil \| disagreeable person \| fiend \| situation \| state of affairs \| unpleasant person Incubus In Webster's Dictionary \In"cu*bus\, n.; pl. E. {Incubuses}, L. {Incubi}. [L., the nightmare. Cf. {Incubate}.] 1. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. --Tylor. The devils who appeared in the female form were generally called succubi; those who appeared like men incubi, though this distinction was not always preserved. --Lecky. 2. (Med.) The nightmare. See {Nightmare}. Such as are troubled with incubus, or witch-ridden, as we call it. --Burton. 3. Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties. Debt and usury is the incubus which weighs most heavily on the agricultural resources of Turkey. --J. L. Farley.

Incubus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Incubus?

[n] a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
[n] someone who depresses or worries others
[n] a situation resembling a terrifying dream

Synonyms | Synonyms for Incubus: nightmare

Incubus In Webster's Dictionary

\In"cu*bus\, n.; pl. E. {Incubuses}, L. {Incubi}. [L.,
the nightmare. Cf. {Incubate}.]
1. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have
   sexual intercourse with women by night. --Tylor.

         The devils who appeared in the female form were
         generally called succubi; those who appeared like
         men incubi, though this distinction was not always
         preserved.                            --Lecky.

2. (Med.) The nightmare. See {Nightmare}.

         Such as are troubled with incubus, or witch-ridden,
         as we call it.                        --Burton.

3. Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that
   prevents the free use of the faculties.

         Debt and usury is the incubus which weighs most
         heavily on the agricultural resources of Turkey.
                                               --J. L.
                                               Farley.

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