Incubus

  • 51incubus experience —    see incubus …

    Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • 52incubus — noun (plural incubi; also buses) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin incubare Date: 13th century 1. an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep; especially one that has sexual intercourse with women while they are… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 53incubus — Originally, an evil spirit that lay upon and oppressed sleeping persons; especially, a male spirit that copulated with sleeping women. Cf.:succubus. [L. fr. incubo, to lie on] * * * in·cu·bus iŋ kyə bəs, in n, pl bi .bī, .bē also bus·es 1) an… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 54Incubus — Ịn|cu|bus: ↑ Inkubus. * * * Ịn|cu|bus: ↑Inkubus …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 55incubus — Synonyms and related words: Baba Yaga, Dracula, Frankenstein, Lilith, Wolf man, afreet, bad dream, bale, barghest, bogey, bogeyman, brown study, bugaboo, bugbear, burden, burdening, burthen, cacodemon, cargo, charge, charging, cumber, cumbrance,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 56incubus — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. evil spirit, demon, devil, sex demon, fiend, goblin, hobgoblin, nightmare …

    English dictionary for students

  • 57Incubus — In|cu|bus [...k...] vgl. ↑Inkubus …

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  • 58incubus — in|cu|bus [ ıŋkjəbəs ] (plural in|cu|bi [ ıŋkjə,baı ] ) noun count 1. ) LITERARY a cause of worry, especially a bad dream 2. ) a male evil spirit that people used to think had sex with sleeping women …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 59incubus —  An evil spirit that has intercourse with sleeping women; a nightmare or something that oppresses like a nightmare. See also succubus …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 60incubus — in·cu·bus || ɪŋkjÉ™bÉ™s / kjÊŠb n. evil spirit; nightmare; something which causes distress or depression …

    English contemporary dictionary