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Incubus

nounid 77188·updated May 18, 2026
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a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women

polysemous

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
nightmare
plural
Incubi
possessive
Incubus's
pluralpossessive
Incubi's

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
§2
someone who depresses or worries others
§3
a situation resembling a terrifying dream
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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