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incubus:

{plural: ‘incubuses‘ or ‘incubi‘}

[female: 'succubus' -- plural: 'succubuses' or 'succubi' -- a woman devil ...]

(the letter ‘i’ rhymes with the letter ‘i’ in “ink”, the first ‘u’ with the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘q’ sound, and the second ‘u’ rhymes with the letter ‘a’ in “about”)

an incubus (sitting on a sleeping woman)

a male devil which lies on a sleeping woman to have sex with (found in old folk stories)

{A more common meaning is ‘a bad dream – a nightmare; a difficulty’.}

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