Succuba

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A 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."

  2. 2
    a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men wordnet

Synonyms

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succubussuccubus

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"a. 1610, The Mirror for Magistrates Though seeming in shape a woman natural / Was a fiend of the kind that succubae some call."

Etymology

From Latin succuba, from succubō (“to lie under”).

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