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单词 succubus
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succubusn.

/ˈsʌkjʊbəs/
Forms: Plural succubi (1600s–1700s succubusses).
Etymology: medieval Latin, masculine form (with feminine meaning) corresponding to succuba n., after incubus n.
1. A demon in female form supposed to have carnal intercourse with men in their sleep. (Cf. incubus n.)
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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.
attributive.1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus l. 479 If the Deuill can~not turne himselfe into a Succubus Spirit, to be, or seeme to be a transubstantiate Woman.
2. transferred.
a. A demon, evil spirit; occasionally a familiar spirit.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun]
evil angel, spiritc950
ghosteOE
uncleanOE
demonOE
devilOE
devilshineOE
groa1225
debleriea1325
devilnessa1400
devilryc1400
sprat?a1475
nicker1481
fiend of hell1509
imp1526
virtue1584
elf1587
succubus1601
blue devilc1616
black man1656
woolsaw1757
buggane1775
bhut1785
demonic1785
pishachi1807
devil-devil1831
skookum1838
taipo1848
lightning bird1870
demonry1883
pisaca1885
mafufunyanas1963
mare1981
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit
spiritc1350
familiar devila1464
familiar spirita1545
Python1548
familiar1583
succubus1601
demon1613
paredrusa1641
maisterel1652
obsessor1652
paredrial1652
cad1657
kanaima1825
Zar1868
1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Avij A swaggering humour, Of some shape-altring Succubus begot.
1634 T. 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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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman
queanOE
whorec1175
malkinc1275
wenchelc1300
ribalda1350
strumpeta1350
wench1362
filtha1375
parnelc1390
sinner14..
callet1415
slut?c1425
tickle-tailc1430
harlot?a1475
mignote1489
kittock?a1500
mulea1513
trulla1516
trully?1515
danta1529
miswoman1528
stewed whore1532
Tib1533
unchaghe1534
flag1535
Katy1535
jillet1541
yaud1545
housewife1546
trinkletc1550
whippet1550
Canace1551
filthy1553
Jezebel1558
kittyc1560
loonc1560
laced mutton1563
nymph1563
limmer1566
tomboy1566
Marian1567
mort1567
cockatrice1568
franion1571
blowze1573
rannell1573
rig1575
Kita1577
poplet1577
light-skirts1578
pucelle1578
harlotry1584
light o' lovea1586
driggle-draggle1588
wagtail1592
tub-tail1595
flirt-gill1597
minx1598
hilding1599
short-heels1599
bona-roba1600
flirt1600
Hiren1600
light-heels1602
roba1602
baggage1603
cousin1604
fricatrice1607
rumbelow1611
amorosa1615
jaya1616
open-taila1618
succubus1622
snaphancea1625
flap1631
buttered bun1638
puffkin1639
vizard1652
fallen woman1659
tomrigg1662
cunt1663
quaedama1670
jilt1672
crack1677
grass-girl1691
sporting girl1694
sportswoman1705
mobbed hood1707
brim1736
trollop1742
trub1746
demi-rep1749
gillyflower1757
lady of easy virtue1766
mot1773
chicken1782
gammerstang1788
buer1807
scarlet woman1816
blowen1819
fie-fie1820
shickster?1834
streel1842
charver1846
trolly1854
bad girl1855
amateur1862
anonyma1862
demi-virgin1864
pickup1871
chippy1885
wish-wife1886
tart1887
tartleta1890
flossy1893
fly girl1893
demi-mondaine1894
floozy1899
slattern1899
scrub1900
demi-vierge1908
cake1909
coozie1912
muff1914
tarty1918
yes-girl1920
radge1923
bike1945
puta1948
messer1951
cooze1955
jamette1965
skeezer1986
slutbag1987
chickenhead1988
ho1988
1622 J. 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.
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