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succuba

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A female demon or fiend; a succubus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: succubus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon

History

Etymology

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