Synonymer
| Översättning | |
|---|---|
| Substantiv | |
| 1. | kâbus |
Definitioner
Substantiv
- An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.
- A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare.
- Any oppressive thing or person; a burden.
- One of various of parasitic insects, especially Aphidiinae
Exempel
- it increaseth fearful dreams, incubus, night-walking, crying out, and much unquietness […].
- Notions of civic virtue were at that moment changing, in ways which would make of Louis's alleged vices an incubus on the back of the monarchy.
Böjningsformer
| Plural | incubi |
| Plural | incubuses |