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succubine en · ADJ

Etymology

From succubus + -ine.

Meanings

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

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