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
10 June 2024
(verb) learn by reading books; “He is studying geology in his room”; “I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
