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Definition: Succuba |
SuccubaNoun1. A female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Succuba \Suc"cu*ba\, noun; plural Succub[ae]. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression succubare to lie under; sub under cubare to lie down; compare to Latin succuba, succubo, one who lies under another.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: SuccubaSynonym: succubus (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Demon | Noun: demon, daemon, demonry, demonology; evil genius, fiend, familiar, daeva, devil; bad spirit, unclean spirit; cacodemon, incubus, Eblis, shaitan, succubus, succuba; Frankenstein's monster; Titan, Shedim, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus, Moloch, Belial, Ahriman; fury, harpy; Friar Rush. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Succuba |
| English words defined with "succuba": Succubae, Succubine. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "succuba": succubus. (references) |
| "Succuba" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Succuba" is used about 3 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "succuba": succubae, succubas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "succuba" (pronounced 'Suc"cu*ba'): Abba, Algaroba, Amoeba, Araba, Arroba, ba, Baba, Caaba, Calumba, Carnauba, Columba, C'ordoba, Coscoroba, Dagoba, Gamba, Gleba, Koolokamba, marimba, Mustaiba, Peba, Sax-tuba, tuba, Wallaba, Yerba, Zareba. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-s-u-u" | |
-1 letter: caucus. | |
-2 letters: scuba. | |
-3 letters: cabs, cubs, scab, suba. | |
-4 letters: abs, bas, bus, cab, cub, sab, sac, sau, sub. | |
-5 letters: ab, as, ba, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-c-s-u-u" | |
+1 letter: succubae, succubas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 75 63 63 75 62 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... ..- -.-. -.-. ..- -... .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01110101 01100011 01100011 01110101 01100010 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S u c c u b a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0075 0063 0063 0075 0062 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53876969876867 |
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