succuba
succuba · succubas · succubae
A female demon or fiendA female demon or fiend; a succubus.
Meaning
1 sensesA female demon or fiend; a succubus.
a. 1610, The Mirror for Magistrates Though seeming in shape a woman natural / Was a fiend of the kind that succubae some call.
a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
Origin
From Latin succuba, from succubō (“to lie under”).From Latin succuba, from succubō (“to lie under”).
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Forms
plural: succubas / succubaeSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men:succubus
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular