单词 | succubus |
释义 | succubusn. 1. A demon in female form supposed to have carnal intercourse with men in their sleep. (Cf. incubus n.) ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > incubus or succubus incubusc1275 succubusa1387 incuby?1507 succuba1587 succube1721 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 419 That fend þat gooþ a nyȝt, Wommen wel ofte to begile, Incubus hatte be ryȝt; And gileþ men oþer while, Succubus is þat wight. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. liii Incubus doth infest and troble women and Succubus doth infest men. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. xix. 72 The diuell plaieth Succubus to the man, and carrieth from him the seed of generation, which he deliuereth as Incubus to the woman. 1644 Merc. Brit. No. 23. 178 I think Incubusses and Sucubusses are Angells of light to these. 1647 A. Cowley Not Fair in Mistress 14 So men (they say) by Hells delusions led, Have ta'ne a Succu'bus to their bed. 1691 R. Kirk Secret Commonw. (1815) i. 13 For the Inconvenience of their Succubi, who tryst with Men, it is abhominable. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 52/2 The truth is, the succubus is only a species of the nightmare. 1818 C. K. Sharpe Law's Memorialls Pref. p. xx For forty years, he [sc. Benedict of Berne] had kept up an amatory commerce with a Succubus, called Hermeline. 1950 A. Clarke Coll. Plays (1963) 315 Branduv is sleeping with a succubus. 1958 L. Durrell Balthazar vii. 167 Thirst can be quenched like this, by inviting a succubus to one's bed. 1969 J. Upton tr. R. Diaz Sánchez Cumboto 261 The dream reoccurred many times, it was the work of a clever succubus who came to my cot regularly to conduct her oneiric concert. 1977 A. Carter Passion of New Eve ii. 27 I would..remember the myth of the succubus, the devils in female form who come by night to seduce the saints. 2. transferred. a. A demon, evil spirit; occasionally a familiar spirit. 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Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 169 An old Tartarian Hecate..inuocated her Succubi to succour mee. 1727 W. Warburton Crit. & Philos. Enq. Causes Prodigies & Miracles i. 63 A Church~yard Carcass raised and set a strutting by the Inflation of some hellish Succubus within. 1840 R. H. Barham Lady Rohesia in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 273 The most impudent Succubus..dare as well dip his claws in holy water, as come within the verge of its [sc. the passing bell's] sound. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. v. 121 The witches' circle intact, charms undisturbed That raised the spirit and succubus. b. A strumpet, whore; a term of abuse for a low woman, occasionally applied to a man. 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Taylor Whore in Wks. (1630) ii. 106/1 A Succubus, a damned sinke of sinne. 1684 T. Otway Atheist i. 1 Nor got no Meat, but such as the old Succubus his Wife bought at a stinking Price. 1700 G. Farquhar Constant Couple iv. ii. 44 Here is an old Succubus, Madam, that has stole two silver Spoons, and says, she's your Nurse. 1703 T. Baker Tunbridge-walks iv. sig. G1v A flinching Son of a sucubus to pretend calling for a Lookingglass; and Sneak away. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xlvi. 108 ‘Yes, thou Barbarian,’ (said she, turning to Wagtail) ‘thou tiger, thou Succubus!’ 1803 C. K. Sharpe New Oxf. Guide i, in Corr. (1888) I. 13 [A bed~maker] Like any fell Succubus, wrinkled and old, With the lip of a shrew, and the nose of a scold. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1387 |
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