succuba Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
    succubus.

WordNet

Suc"cu*ba noun
Etymology
NL., fr. L. succubare to lie under; sub under + cubare to lie down; cf. L. succuba, succubo, one who lies under another.
Wordforms
plural Succubæ
Definitions
  1. A female demon or fiend. See Succubus.
    Though seeming in shape a woman natural Was a fiend of the kind that succubæ some call. Mir. for Mag.

Webster 1913