incubus
noun
an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons, especially one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep.
incubuses
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pluralof incubus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One of my friends made me laugh the other day, when, speaking of the pretended incubuses, he said that those who believed in them were not wise to marry.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Henry Christmas
For, as Apuleius informs us in his book concerning the Demon of Socrates, between the moon and the earth inhabit those spirits, which we will call incubuses.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
