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incubus
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incubus \In"cu*bus\, n.; pl. E. Incubuses, L. Incubi. [L., the nightmare. Cf. Incubate.]
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A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night.
--Tylor.The devils who appeared in the female form were generally called succubi; those who appeared like men incubi, though this distinction was not always preserved.
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(Med.) The nightmare. See Nightmare.
Such as are troubled with incubus, or witch-ridden, as we call it.
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Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.
Debt and usury is the incubus which weighs most heavily on the agricultural resources of Turkey.
--J. L. Farley.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, from Late Latin (Augustine), from Latin incubo "nightmare, one who lies down on (the sleeper)," from incubare "to lie upon" (see incubate). Plural is incubi. In the Middle Ages their existence was recognized by law.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep. 2 A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare. 3 Any oppressive thing or person; a burden. 4 One of various of parasitic insects, especially ''(taxlink Aphidiinae subfamily noshow=1)''
WordNet
Wikipedia
An incubus is a male demon that has sexual intercourse with sleeping women.
Incubus may also refer to:
Incubus is a 1966 black-and-white American horror film filmed entirely in the constructed language Esperanto. It was directed by Leslie Stevens, creator of The Outer Limits, and stars William Shatner, shortly before he would begin his work on Star Trek. The film's cinematography was by Conrad Hall, who went on to win three Academy Awards for his work on the films Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, American Beauty and Road to Perdition.
The use of Esperanto was intended to create an eerie, other-worldly feeling, and the director has prohibited dubbing into other languages, however on the Special Features section of the DVD the makers claim that Esperanto was used because of perceived greater international sales.
Incubus was the second feature film primarily using Esperanto ever made. The first, Angoroj ("Agonies") appeared in 1964, two years earlier. Esperanto speakers are generally disappointed by the pronunciation of the language by the cast of Incubus.
The film was considered to be lost for many years, until a copy was found in Paris in 1996.
Incubus is an American rock band from Calabasas, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in Calabasas High School and later expanded to include bassist Alex "Dirk Lance" Katunich, and Gavin "DJ Lyfe" Koppell; both of whom were eventually replaced by bassist Ben Kenney and DJ Kilmore respectively.
Incubus has attained commercial success, reaching multi-platinum sales, as well as releasing several successful singles. The band earned mainstream recognition with the release of their 1999 album Make Yourself which spawned the popular singles Pardon Me and Stellar. In 2001, Incubus became even more successful with the single " Drive" and their follow-up album Morning View which included the popular hits Wish You Were Here, Nice To Know You and Warning. Their sixth studio album, Light Grenades, debuted at No. 1 in 2006 and has received Gold certification in the U.S. Incubus released their first greatest hits album Monuments and Melodies in June 2009, accompanied by a tour of the United States, Japan and Canada. The band's most recent album, If Not Now, When?, was released on July 12, 2011. Incubus has also released the first of two EPs, Trust Fall Side A in 2015 and has plans to release Trust Fall Side B in 2016. Incubus has sold over 23 million albums worldwide.
An incubus is a Lilin- demon in male form who, according to mythological and legendary traditions, lies upon women in order to engage in sexual activity with them. Its female counterpart is a succubus. Salacious tales of incubi and succubi have been told for many centuries in traditional societies, and Genesis 6:4 is a passage used to support the credibility of such stories. Some traditions hold that repeated sexual activity with an incubus or succubus may result in the deterioration of health, or even death.
Incubus is a 2006 horror thriller film by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment that was directed by Anya Camilleri and stars actress Tara Reid. The film was released on May 3, 2006 and had an internet premiere on AOL during Halloween 2006. An unrated version was released to DVD on February 6, 2007. The film has billed itself as the first Download To Own video.
Usage examples of "incubus".
Young Irelanders, and most of the Old Irelanders, were exasperated, and in their speeches and newspapers denounced Lamartine as the enemy of liberty, the sycophant of England, and the incubus of the French provisional government.
Tutta la mia vita mi ero preoccupata per lei, ma ero così innamorata di Marty che me ne rimasi lì e non feci nulla, mentre lei languiva, si assuefaceva ai barbiturici, si sottometteva alle chirurgie plastiche e a tutte le altre cose che trasformarono la sua vita in notti insonni e incubi.
He is not the incubus of the demonologies who can steal the seed from sleeping men.
Whether the venereal delectation is greater or less with the Incubus devils in assumed bodies than it is in like circumstances with men in a true physical body, we may say this: It seems that, although the pleasure should naturally be greater when like disports with like, yet that cunning Enemy can so bring together the active and passive elements, not indeed naturally, but in such qualities of warmth and temperament, that he seems to excite no less degree of concupiscence.
In Aquitaine a woman had for six years been molested by an Incubus with incredible carnal abuse and lechery.
Nider, Formicarius, ix, writes: Incubi dicuntur ab incumbendo, hoc est struprando.
In contrast, we hear very little lately about incubi, elves and fairies.
Una simile possibilità aveva turbato lui assai più dei suoi compagni, perciò aveva tenuto per sé i suoi incubi della fine del mondo per paura di essere deriso.
Da dove si trovava non poteva vedere gli orrori che Tommy-Ray aveva portato con sé, ma li sentiva e i rumori erano quelli che sentiva negli incubi: gorgogliare di catarro, ansimare di concupiscenza.
Dallo squarcio emergevano i giganti dei suoi incubi infantili e presto avrebbero sollevato quel velo.
First, whether the abominable heresies can be multiplied throughout the world by those who give themselves to Incubi and Succubi.
Some of them were incubi, and some of them—well, I'm not quite certain whose fancy some of them catered to, but whosever it was, I'm sure they met it.
Because the people in our society who go to succubi and incubi are generally out for a cheap thrill, they're often the people who go after other thrills.
Unlike the Medvamp protesters, the succubi and incubi didn't cany signs or chant slogans.
Because the people in our society who go to succubi and incubi are generaUy out for a cheap thrill, the/re often the people who go after other thrills.