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incuby
† ˈincuby Sc. Obs. A perversion of incubus, or its plural incubi; = incubus.1508 Dunbar Poems vi. 3, I, Maister Andro Kennedy..Gottin with sum incuby, Or with sum freir infatuatus.
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incubee
† ˈincubee Obs. A distortion of incubus; used as a term of reprobation. (Cf. incuby.)1614 B. Jonson Barth. Fair ii. ii, Where's my pipe now? not fill'd? thou errant Incubee. [Said to a servant.]
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incubus
‖ incubus (ˈɪnkjuːbəs) Also 6 Sc. incobus. pl. incubi (-baɪ); also 7–9 incubuses, 8 incubus's, incubusses, (9 incubus). [late L. incubus (Augustine) = cl. L. incubo nightmare; in the middle ages often represented as a malignant demon who lay upon men and women; f. L. incubāre to lie upon. Cf. F. inc...
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