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incubus
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in 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 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in 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.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incubus \In"cu*bus\, n.; pl. E. Incubuses , L. Incubi . [L., the nightmare. Cf. Incubate .] 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 ...
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.