lucubration
laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
the result of such activity, as a learned speech or dissertation.
Often lucubrations. any literary effort, especially of a pretentious or solemn nature.
Origin of lucubration
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How to use lucubration in a sentence
Now I could give up those newspaper lucubrations, which had become almost a burden and daily enjoy some hours of leisure.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowWhen that came he was ready to abandon all his former rationalistic lucubrations and abide by the certainty of revealed truth.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac HusikThey are not philosophical lucubrations or brilliant displays of rhetoric.
Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 | Abraham LincolnThe good lady seemed surprised at this, having the best conscience in the world about her lucubrations.
The Real Thing and Other Tales | Henry JamesSome of his lucubrations were sent to Beethoven by Dr. Mller, and aroused the composers ire.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3) | Alexander Wheelock Thayer
British Dictionary definitions for lucubration
/ (ˌluːkjʊˈbreɪʃən) /
laborious study, esp at night
(often plural) a solemn literary work
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