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lucubration

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lu⋅cu⋅bra⋅tion

  [loo-kyoo-brey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. laborious work, study, thought, etc., esp. at night.
2. the result of such activity, as a learned speech or dissertation.
3. Often, lucubrations. any literary effort, esp. of a pretentious or solemn nature.
Origin:
1585–95; < L lūcubrātiōn- (s. of lūcubrātiō) night-work. See lucubrate, -ion
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lu·cu·bra·tion   (lōō'kyŏŏ-brā'shən)   
n.  

  1. Laborious study or meditation.

  2. Writing produced by laborious effort or study, especially pedantic or pretentious writing. Often used in the plural.

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lucubration 
1595, "literary work showing signs of too-careful elaboration," from L. lucubrationem (nom. lucubratio) "nocturnal study, night work," from lucubratus, pp. of lucubrare, lit. "to work by artificial light," from stem of lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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