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Definition of Incubus

1. Noun. A male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.

2. Noun. A situation resembling a terrifying dream.

3. Noun. Someone who depresses or worries others.

Definition of Incubus

1. n. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night.

Definition of Incubus

1. Noun. An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep. ¹

2. Noun. A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare. ¹

3. Noun. Any oppressive thing or person; a burden. ¹

4. Noun. One of a genus of parasitic insects. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incubus

1. a demon [n -BI or -BUSES] - See also: demon

Medical Definition of Incubus

1. Origin: L, the nightmare. Cf. Incubate. 1. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. "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. 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) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incubus

incubates incubating incubation incubation period incubation time incubations incubative incubative stage incubator incubators

incubatory incubatory carrier incubi incubiture incubous incubuses incudal incudal fold incudal fossa incudate

incudectomy incudes incudiform incudiform uterus incudomalleal incudomalleolar articulation incudomalleolar joint incudostapedial incudostapedial articulation

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