lucubration

American  

[loo-kyoo-brey-shuhn] / ˌlu kyʊˈbreɪ ʃən /

noun

1. laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.

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

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

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lucubration British  

/ ˌluːkjʊˈbreɪʃən /

noun

1. laborious study, esp at night

2. (often plural) a solemn literary work

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Etymology

Origin of lucubration

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

Example Sentences

The "gentlemen of the police and the gendarmerie" shrugged their shoulders and paid no attention to this lucubration.

From The Confessions of Arsène Lupin by Leblanc, Maurice

Some may see our lucubration as we saw it, and others may see nothing but a drunken dream or the nightmare of a distempered imagination.

From Canterbury Pieces by Butler, Samuel

How was it that the capitalist had put his signature to such a lucubration?

From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Flaubert, Gustave

We may be sure that a pen so abundant and so skilfully exercised was not one to have restricted itself to this solitary lucubration of his life and studies.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

It was the well-earned harvest of many a learned conference, of many a patient lecture, and many a midnight lucubration.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Milman, Henry Hart