lucubration

[ loo-kyoo-brey-shuhn ]

/ ˌlu kyʊˈbreɪ ʃən /

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noun

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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Origin of lucubration

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

Words nearby lucubration

lucre, Lucretia, Lucretius, Lucrezia Borgia, lucubrate, lucubration, luculent, Lucullan, Lucullus, Lucy, Lucy Stoner

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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. Evans
It 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 Gibbon
The "gentlemen of the police and the gendarmerie" shrugged their shoulders and paid no attention to this lucubration.
The Confessions of Arsne Lupin|Maurice Leblanc
No amount of crime and bloodshed will atone for the stationary mechanism of this lucubration.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds

I am only glad to see that Henry is himself ashamed of his lucubration.
Young Blood|E. W. Hornung

British Dictionary definitions for lucubration

lucubration

/ (ˌluːkjʊˈbreɪʃən) /

noun

laborious study, esp at night

(often plural) a solemn literary work

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