lucubration
(noun) laborious cogitation
lucubration
(noun) a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lucubration (countable and uncountable, plural lucubrations)
Intense and prolonged study or meditation; especially, late at night.
The product of such study; often, writings.
Source: Wiktionary
Lu`cu*bra"tion, n. Etym: [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. Goldsmith.
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. Tatler.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 January 2025
(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
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