SUCCUBUS
\səkjˈuːbəs], \səkjˈuːbəs], \s_ə_k_j_ˈuː_b_ə_s]\
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A demon anciently believed to have intercourse with a woman during sleep, and to be the cause of lascivious dreams.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Some authors have used this word synonymously with nightmare. Others mean by it a female phantom, with which a man in his sleep may believe he has intercourse; - as Incubus has been applied to the male phantom, with which a female may dream she is similarly situate.
By Robley Dunglison
