elucubrate

[ih-loo-kyoo-breyt]

verb (used with object)

elucubrated, elucubrating 

1. to produce (especially literary work) by long and intensive effort.

Other Word Forms

• elucubration noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of elucubrate¹

1615–25; < Latin ēlūcubrātus, past participle of ēlūcubrāre to spend the night over (a literary work). See e- ¹, lucubrate

Example Sentences

Bailly, a brainy 13-year-old from Denver, got “glitch,” nailed “elucubrate” and was dubbed the nation’s best speller.

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In 1980, he became the national champion by correctly spelling "elucubrate," a word with Latin origins that means to study at night.

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