incubus
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- noun
- /ˈɪnkjʊbəs/
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- The legend says that an incubus visits women while they sleep and disturbs their dreams.
If you can harness that incubus fly across time and space to ravage the maidens and the sororities.
- If you can harness that incubus fly across time and space to ravage the maidens and the sororities.
- They're more victimized by incubus spirits as opposed to succubus spirits who vividly describe being spiritually at night.
Examples
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Abby is now the Touchstone to a now-missing Faery and is dealing with her feelings for the dark and mysterious Brystion, an incubus with secrets of his own.
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At least an incubus-demon from their own version of hell wasn't pursuing them.
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So she claims that John Putnam came to her as an incubus in her dreams... after she was widowed.
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Beware of the incubus.
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An incubus has crept into our fold and defiled our flock.
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In many tales, an incubus silently preys on its victims in the night, causing fear and anxiety.
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The terrified villagers spoke of an incubus that would appear in the darkness, seeking out those who were alone.
Synonyms
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A cruel person who causes great harm to others
Surface Forms
Etymology
Incubus comes from the Latin incubare, which means 'to lie on'. In old stories an incubus was a male demon that would 'lie on' sleeping people and give them bad dreams, which is why the word names that night demon.