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succuba

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suc⋅cu⋅ba

  [suhk-yuh-buh]
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–noun
a succubus.
Origin:
1550–60; < L: paramour, equiv. to succub(āre) to lie beneath (suc- suc- + cubāre to lie down; cf. concubine ) + -a fem. n. suffix
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suc·cu·bus   (sŭk'yə-bəs)   
n.   pl. suc·cu·bus·es or suc·cu·bi (-bī', -bē') also suc·cu·bae (-bē', -bī')

  1. A female demon supposed to descend upon and have sexual intercourse with a man while he sleeps.

  2. An evil spirit; a demon.


[Middle English, from Medieval Latin, alteration (influenced by Late Latin incubus, incubus) of Latin succuba, paramour, from succubāre, to lie under : sub-, sub- + cubāre, to lie down.]
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