ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈbrāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin lucubration-, lucubratio study or composition at night, from lucubratus + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the act of lucubrating : laborious study : meditation
after long lucubration I have hit upon such an expedient — Oliver Goldsmith
2. : the product of study or meditation as expressed in speech or writing : weighty or pretentious statement of ideas
bring his moldy and moth-eaten lucubrations before the public — Nathaniel Hawthorne
his oratorical lucubrations on the subject of age — New Republic