succubine

succubine

English

Etymology

succubus +‎ -ine

Adjective

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.