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INCUBI

Definition: INCUBI

INCUBI

Plural

1. Of Incubus

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "INCUBI" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references)



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Crosswords: INCUBI

Specialty definitions using "INCUBI": INCUBUS. (references)
Etymologies containing "INCUBI": INCUBUS. (references)

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Modern Usage: INCUBI

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Incubi fallici (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: INCUBI

DomainTitle

Books

  • Estasi, incubi e allucinazioni, 1900-1920 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: INCUBI

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Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

INCUBUS, n. One of a race of highly improper demons who, though probably not wholly extinct, may be said to have seen their best nights. For a complete account of incubi and succubi, including incubae and succubae, see the Liber Demonorum of Protassus (Paris, 1328), which contains much curious information that would be out of place in a dictionary intended as a text-book for the public schools. Victor Hugo relates that in the Channel Islands Satan himself -- tempted more than elsewhere by the beauty of the women, doubtless -- sometimes plays at incubus, greatly to the inconvenience and alarm of the good dames who wish to be loyal to their marriage vows, generally speaking. A certain lady applied to the parish priest to learn how they might, in the dark, distinguish the hardy intruder from their husbands. The holy man said they must feel his brown for horns; but Hugo is ungallant enough to hint a doubt of the efficacy of the test.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: INCUBI

"INCUBI" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "INCUBI" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Misspellings: INCUBI

Misspellings

"INCUBI" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aucuba, Giacobbi, Icgb, Incadi, incario, Inuvik, Ncbi, Ncgub, Neguib, Njcbi. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: INCUBI

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-c-i-i-n-u"

-2 letters: unci.

-3 letters: bin, bun, cub, nib, nub.

-4 letters: bi, in, nu, un.

 Words containing the letters "b-c-i-i-n-u"
 

+3 letters: inducible.

 

+4 letters: beautician, includible, incubating, incubation, incubative, subceiling, subindices, unbiblical, upclimbing, urbanistic.

 

+5 letters: albuminuric, beauticians, bifurcating, bifurcation, bivouacking, carburising, carburizing, cumulonimbi, doxorubicin, incubations, incumbering, lubricating, lubrication, outbitching, outclimbing, publication, publicising, publicizing, rubicundity, rubricating, rubrication, subceilings, subclinical, subdecision, subscribing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: INCUBI


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4E 43 55 42 49

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    -.    -.-.    ..-    -...    ..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001110 01000011 01010101 01000010 01001001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#78 &#67 &#85 &#66 &#73

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004E 0043 0055 0042 0049

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

434837553643

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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