incubus and succubus

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Definition of incubus and succubus in English English dictionary

Demons (male and female, respectively) who seek to have sexual intercourse with sleeping humans. In medieval Europe some believed that union with an incubus resulted in the birth of witches, demons, and deformed human offspring. Merlin was said to have been fathered by an incubus

Hyphenation

in·cu·bus and suc·cu·bus