lucubration

1 a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation

2 laborious cogitation

English

Etymology

From the Latin lucubratio "nighttime study" from lucubrare "work by artificial light" from lucere "to shine" from lux "light"

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

Noun

lucubration (pl. lucubrations)

1. intense and prolonged study or meditation; especially, late at night
2. The product of such study; often, writings.

Translations

• French: élucubration

advisement, application, article, autograph, boning, brainchild, brainwork, brooding, causerie, composition, computer printout, conning, consideration, contemplation, copy, counsel, cram, cramming, deliberation, descant, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, document, draft, drill, edited version, engrossment, essay, etude, examination, excursus, exercise, exposition, extensive study, fair copy, feature, fiction, final draft, finished version, first approach, first draft, flimsy, grind, grinding, headwork, holograph, homily, inspection, introductory study, letter, literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production, literature, manuscript, matter, meditation, memoir, mental labor, monograph, morceau, musing, opus, original, outline, pandect, paper, paragraph, parchment, penscript, perusal, piece, piece of writing, play, poem, pondering, practice, preliminary study, printed matter, printout, production, prolegomenon, reading, reading matter, recension, reflection, research paper, restudy, restudying, review, revolving, rumination, screed, scrip, script, scrive, scroll, second draft, sketch, special article, speculation, study, studying, subject, survey, swotting, term paper, the written word, theme, thesis, tract, tractate, transcript, transcription, treatise, treatment, typescript, version, weighing, wide reading, work, writing