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 Definitions of lucubration  [ˌlu kyʊˈbreɪ ʃən]  

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Definition of 'lucubration' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) lucubration
laborious work, study, thought, etc., esp. at night.

2.  lucubration
the result of such activity, as a learned speech or dissertation.

3.  lucubration
Often, lucubrations. any literary effort, esp. of a pretentious or solemn nature.

Etymology:  (1585–95; < L)

Definition of 'lucubration' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) lucubration
a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation

2. (noun) lucubration
laborious cogitation


Definition of 'lucubration' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) lucubration
the act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation

2. (noun) lucubration
that which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition



'lucubration' - Nearby Entries  

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