LUCUBRATION


Meaning of LUCUBRATION in English

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

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