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SUCCUBA
succubus, succuba
(noun) a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
succuba (plural succubas or succubae)
A female demon or fiend; a succubus.
• The Mirror for Magistrates
Source: Wiktionary
Suc"cu*ba, n.; pl. Succubæ. Etym: [NL., fr. L. succubare to lie under; sub under + cubare to lie down; cf. L. succuba, succubo, one who lies under another.]
Definition: A female demon or fiend. See Succubus. Though seeming in shape a woman natural Was a fiend of the kind that succubæ some call. Mir. for Mag.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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