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- DictionaryIn·cu·bus/ˈiNGkyəbəs/
noun
- 1. a male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.
Incubus definition: an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons, especially one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep.. See examples of INCUBUS used in a sentence.
INCUBUS definition: 1. a male evil spirit who is believed to have sex with women while they are sleeping 2. something…. Learn more.
1. (European Myth & Legend) a demon believed in folklore to lie upon sleeping persons, esp to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women. Compare succubus. 2. something that oppresses, worries, or disturbs greatly, esp a nightmare or obsession. [C14: from Late Latin, from incubāre to lie upon; see incubate]
4 days ago · 1. an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons, esp. one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep. Compare succubus (sense 1) 2. a nightmare. 3. something that weighs upon or oppresses one like a nightmare.
a male evil spirit, supposed in the past to have sex with a sleeping woman compare succubus. Definition of incubus noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English in‧cu‧bus /ˈɪŋkjəbəs/ noun (plural incubuses or incubi /-baɪ/) [ countable] 1 someone or something that causes a lot of worries or problems Joyce regarded his US citizenship as a moral and political incubus. 2 a male devil that in the past was believed to have sex with a sleeping woman → succubus E...
incubus, demon in male form that seeks to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; the corresponding spirit in female form is called a succubus. In medieval Europe, union with an incubus was supposed by some to result in the birth of witches, demons, and deformed human offspring.
