Lucubration

Quick meaning: Lucubration is a noun meaning Intense and prolonged study or meditation; especially, late at night.

Meaning

Intense and prolonged study or meditation; especially, late at night.

More Meanings

1. The product of such study; often, writings.

Example Sentences

'You have been good enough to allude to me in one of your recent lucubrations,' he said, shaking the paper at me.

There is General Blair. True, his lucubrations on negro supremacy are ludicrous enough, but it will not do to speak lightly of his ability. There is power in his organization.

The virtue of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was of a severer and more laborious kind. It was the well-earned harvest of many a learned conference, of many a patient lecture, and many a midnight lucubration.

With his own ghostly voice, he had exhorted me, on the sacred consideration of my filial duty and reverence towards him,—who might reasonably regard himself as my official ancestor,—to bring his mouldy and moth-eaten lucubrations before the public.

Word Forms

• lucubrations

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scrutiny, studie, study, disquisition, perusing, erudition.

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