INCUBOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (IN-kyuh-buhs)

MEANING: adjective: Arranged so that each part overlaps the one above it (the reverse of how roof shingles are laid).

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin incubare (to lie upon), from in- (upon) + cubare (to lie). Earliest documented use: 1857.
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ZINCUBOUS - pertaining to Element No. 30

INOCUBOUS - inoculating an ox against anthrax or other diseases

IN-CURB-OUS - how to describe something inside a hollowed-out curbstone