ˈlük(y)əˌbrāt intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin lucubratus, past participle of lucubrare to work by lamplight, compose by night; akin to Latin lucēre to shine — more at light
: to discourse learnedly in writing : expatiate
lucubrate in various scholarly journals
— compare elucubrate
• lu·cu·bra·tor -brād.ə(r), -ātə- noun -s