Succubus

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Succubus \Suc"cu*bus\, n.; pl. {Succubi}. [See {Succuba}.]
     1. A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed
        to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a
        succuba. Cf. {Incubus}.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Med.) The nightmare. See {Nightmare}, 2.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  succubus
       n : a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with
           sleeping men [syn: {succuba}]
       [also: {succubi} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "succubus":
     Baba Yaga, Dracula, Frankenstein, Lilith, Satan, Wolf-man, afreet,
     barghest, bogey, bogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear, cacodemon, daeva,
     demon, devil, dybbuk, evil genius, evil spirit, fee-faw-fum, fiend,
     fiend from hell, frightener, genie, genius, ghost, ghoul, gyre,
     hellion, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, jinni, jinniyeh,
     lamia, monster, nightmare, ogre, ogress, phantom, rakshasa,
     revenant, satan, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, shedu, specter,
     terror, the undead, vampire, werewolf, yogini