Crossword clues for lucubration
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lucubration \Lu`cu*bra"tion\, n. [l. lucubratio;cf. F. lucubration.]
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The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation.
After long lucubration I have hit upon such an expedient.
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That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
Thy lucubrations have been perused by several of our friends.
--Tatler.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, "literary work showing signs of too-careful elaboration," from Latin lucubrationem (nominative lucubratio) "nocturnal study, night work," noun of action from past participle stem of lucubrare, literally "to work by artificial light," from stem of lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)).
Wiktionary
n. 1 intense and prolonged study or meditation; especially, late at night 2 The product of such study; often, writings.
WordNet
n. a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
laborious cogitation
Usage examples of "lucubration".
My part was to criticise them in hammer verses--a kind of doggerel then much in fashion, and Zorzi took care to distribute my lucubrations far and wide.
Who is the fool that would dare compare a young gentleman who has well digested a bottle of champagne or two, and another young man who has poorly digested the lucubrations of, who shall we say?
Quixotism in expecting that the public will ever pretend to understand his lucubrations or feel any interest in subjects of such sad and unkempt antiquity.
I treated the matter in an easy vein, not without some hints of deep learning, and made fun of the lucubrations of the two physicians.
The end result of its collective lucubrations is a vast body of source code, almost all written in C (the dominant computer programming language).