Crossword clues for incubi
incubi
- Evil spirits that visit women at night
- Spirits that victimize the sleeping
- Nightmares
- Nightmarish males occupying certain cubicles
- Night-time threats to females
- Demons one youngster encountered in Northern Ireland
- Persona non grata
- Demons that prey upon sleepers
- Spirits that victimize sleepers
- Some male demons
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.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of incubus English)
WordNet
See incubus
Usage examples of "incubi".
Parallels to incubi include Arabian djinn, Greek satyrs, Hindu bhuts, Samoan hotua poro, Celtic dusii and many others.
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.
Forse tutto ciò dipendeva dai suoi incubi, che sembravano continuare ad assillarla.
Unite alla nuova tecnologia, possono aiutarci a sognare, o provocare degli incubi viventi.