lucubration

[ loo-kyoo-brey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.

  2. the result of such activity, as a learned speech or dissertation.

  1. Often lucubrations. any literary effort, especially of a pretentious or solemn nature.

Origin of lucubration

1
1585–95; <Latin lūcubrātiōn- (stem of lūcubrātiō) night-work. See lucubrate, -ion

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British Dictionary definitions for lucubration

lucubration

/ (ˌluːkjʊˈbreɪʃən) /


noun
  1. laborious study, esp at night

  2. (often plural) a solemn literary work

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