learning, careful research (done at night); studiously researched production
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Lucubration Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation.
The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation.
(n.)
That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThat which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
lucubration
\lu`cu*bra"tion\ (?), n. [l. lucubratio;cf. f. lucubration.]
1. the act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation. after long lucubration i have hit upon such an expedient.
2. that which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition. thy lucubrations have been perused by several of our friends.
Noun
1. a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
(hypernym) literary composition, literary work
(derivation) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
2. laborious cogitation
(hypernym) cogitation, study
