lucubration
laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
the result of such activity, as a learned speech or dissertation.
Often lucubrations. any literary effort, especially of a pretentious or solemn nature.
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How to use lucubration in a sentence
Father Bougeant calls his lucubration a new system of philosophy; but this is not strictly true.
The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals | Edmund P. EvansIt was the well-earned harvest of many a learned conference, of many a patient lecture, and many a midnight lucubration.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward GibbonThe "gentlemen of the police and the gendarmerie" shrugged their shoulders and paid no attention to this lucubration.
The Confessions of Arsne Lupin | Maurice LeblancNo amount of crime and bloodshed will atone for the stationary mechanism of this lucubration.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature | John Addington SymondsI am only glad to see that Henry is himself ashamed of his lucubration.
Young Blood | E. W. Hornung
British Dictionary definitions for lucubration
/ (ˌluːkjʊˈbreɪʃən) /
laborious study, esp at night
(often plural) a solemn literary work
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