victoriousvocabulary:

SUCCUBUS

[noun]

1. (plural succubi) a female demon or supernatural entity that appears in dreams, who takes the form of a human woman in order to seduce men, usually through sexual intercourse. The male counterpart is the incubus. Religious traditions hold that repeated intercourse with a succubus may result in the deterioration of health or even death.

2. any female demon or evil spirit.

3. Slang: a strumpet or prostitute.

4. Slang: a manipulative and sexually alluring woman.

Etymology: Late Latin succuba “strumpet” (from succubare – ”to lie under”, from sub- “under” and cubare “to lie”.

[Wagner Bruno]