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incuba

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: ĭnʹkyo͞obə
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪnkjuːbə/

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noun

Meaning 1

A female incubus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonce-word

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History

Etymology

A respelling of incubus, substituting the (Latin second-declension nominative singular) masculine case ending -us with its (first-declension) feminine equivalent -a; compare succuba, succubus.