succubine

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

succubus +‎ -ine

Adjective[edit]

succubine (comparative more succubine, superlative most succubine)

  1. Having the traits of a succubus.
    • 1951, Walter Mehring, The lost library: the autobiography of a culture:
      the succubine wiles of women
    • 1970 April 10, “The Good Witch Of The West”, in Life, page 69:
      It is sniffed with succubine solemnity by Louise and the 7-year-old twins, Jessica and Gregory.
    • 2001, Donald J. Childs, Modernism and eugenics, page 118:
      […] an ironic memory of wedding night promise betrayed by the succubine reality that has replaced it in the course of three years of marriage.
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