Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

succuba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: suc-cu-ba
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female demon or fiend; a succubus.

Example Sentences

"a. 1610, The Mirror for Magistrates Though seeming in shape a woman natural / Was a fiend of the kind that succubae some call."
"In other stories of the midrashim, Adam, in penance for his fall, abstains from sexuality for 130 years, but he is not able to control his nocturnal emissions; in his dream state female spirits, the succubae, come and have intercourse with him, and with Adam's seed they give birth to demons."

Etymology

From Latin succuba, from succubō (“to lie under”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *ḱewb-, succuba

Inflected Forms

succubas (plural) succubae (plural)

Synonyms

succubus

Questions

What does succuba mean?: A female demon or fiend; a succubus.
Where does succuba come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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