incubus

1. n. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. Source: opted

2. n. The nightmare. See Nightmare. Source: opted

3. n. Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties. Source: opted

4. n. a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women Source: wordnet

5. n. a situation resembling a terrifying dream Source: wordnet

6. n. someone who depresses or worries others Source: wordnet

7. 1. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. Tylor. 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. 2. (Med.) The nightmare. See Nightmare. Such as are troubled with incubus, or witch-ridden, as we call it. Burton. 3. Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties. Debt and usury is the incubus which weighs most heavily on the agricultural resources of Turkey. J. L. Farley. Source: webster

8. The nightmare. See Nightmare.Such as are troubled with incubus, or witch-ridden, as we call it.Burton. Source: adambom

9. n:100 n. a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women n. someone who depresses or worries others Source: ecdict

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