succuba
American
[suhk-yuh-buh]
/ ˈsʌk yə bə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of succuba
1550–60; < Latin: paramour, equivalent to succub ( āre ) to lie beneath ( suc- suc- + cubāre to lie down; concubine ) + -a feminine noun suffix
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