Found 2 items, similar to Incubi.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: incubi
incubus
n 1: a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have
sexual intercourse with sleeping women
2: a situation resembling a terrifying dream [syn:
nightmare]
3: someone who depresses or worries others
[also:
incubi (pl)]
incubi
See
incubus
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Incubi
Incubus
\In"cu*bus\, n.; pl. E.
Incubuses, L.
Incubi. [L.,
the nightmare. Cf.
Incubate.]
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1. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have
sexual intercourse with women by night. --Tylor.
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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. --Lecky.
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2. (Med.) The nightmare. See
Nightmare.
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Such as are troubled with incubus, or witch-ridden,
as we call it. --Burton.
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3. Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that
prevents the free use of the faculties.
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Debt and usury is the incubus which weighs most
heavily on the agricultural resources of Turkey.
--J. L.
Farley.
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