incubus
noun/ˈɪŋkjʊbəs/
/ˈɪŋkjʊbəs/
(plural incubuses, incubi
/ˈɪŋkjʊbaɪ/
/ˈɪŋkjʊbaɪ/
)- (literary) a problem that makes you worry a lot
- a male evil spirit, supposed in the past to have sex with a sleeping woman compare succubus
Word OriginMiddle English: late Latin form of Latin incubo ‘nightmare’, from incubare ‘lie on’, from in- ‘upon’ + cubare ‘to lie’.
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