in·cu·busnoun
pl. -·buses or -·bi·Origin of incubus
Middle English from LL, nightmare (in ML, demon supposed to cause nightmares) from Classical Latin incubare: see incubate
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noun
pl. in·cu·bus·es, or in·cu·biOrigin of incubus
Middle English from Late Latin alteration of Latin incubō from incubāre to lie down on ; see incubate .
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(plural incubi or incubuses)
From Late Latin incubus, from Latin incubo (“nightmare, one who lies down on the sleeper”), from incubāre (“to lie upon, to hatch”), from in- (“on”) + cubāre (“to lie”).
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