: a demon assuming female form to have sexual intercourse with men in their sleep compare incubus
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebIn one scene, for example, a succubus — a seductive demon in female form — pauses to remove her retainer before resuming assaulting a terrified victim. John Blake, CNN, 14 Aug. 2022 Episodes overflow with bizarre images, like a succubus who mounts her victim, then calmly removes a retainer and sets it on the night table. Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022 The perverse power duo, Russell and Parvati are like Mr. and Mrs. Smith — if Mr. and Mrs. Smith were an evil bayou hobbit and a yoga-teaching succubus. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 May 2021 There’s often nods back to the prototype, the succubus that is Faye Dunaway’s Diana Christensen in groundbreaking 1976 satire Network. Katie Hasty, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2019 Jennifer has become a succubus who must consume human flesh to feed the demon within, thanks to a Satanic ritual gone wrong. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Sep. 2019 Eve Silvera, secretly a succubus demon and murderer, smushed thanks to my actions. David Canfield, EW.com, 17 July 2019 Night-blooming cereus does the opposite, springing into flower only under cover of darkness, as bewitching as a succubus. Kathryn O’shea-evans, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2017 Next level: Be the first person to belly dance with a succubus for 10 seconds or more.OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 Sep. 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Medieval Latin, alteration of Latin succuba paramour, from succubare to lie under, from sub- + cubare to lie, recline