Meaning of LUCUBRATION
| Pronunciation: | | `lookyû'breyshun
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- [n] laborious cogitation
- [n] a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
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| | See Also: | | cogitation, literary composition, literary work, study | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lu`cu*bra"tion\, n. [l. lucubratio;cf. F.
lucubration.]
1. The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight;
nocturnal study; meditation.
After long lucubration I have hit upon such an
expedient. --Goldsmith.
2. 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.
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