Succubous vs Incubus - What's the difference?
succubous | incubus |
(botany) Describing an arrangement of leaves such that proximal (posterior) parts of older leaves overlap the distal (anterior) parts of younger ones.
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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.
*, vol. I, New York 2001, p.249:
Any oppressive thing or person; a burden.
*2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 132-3:
*: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.
One of various of parasitic insects, especially
As an adjective succubous
is (botany) describing an arrangement of leaves such that proximal (posterior) parts of older leaves overlap the distal (anterior) parts of younger ones.As a noun incubus is
an incubus.succubous
English
(wikipedia succubous)Adjective
(-)- If the apical cell is slightly antically displaced, a succubous orientation of the leaf rudiments results
Antonyms
* (of leaves) incubousDerived terms
* succubouslyincubus
English
(wikipedia incubus)Noun
(en-noun)- it increaseth fearful dreams, incubus , night-walking, crying out, and much unquietness […].