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Definition of Lucubration
1. Noun. A solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation.
2. Noun. Laborious cogitation.
Definition of Lucubration
1. n. The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation.
Definition of Lucubration
1. Noun. intense and prolonged study or meditation; especially, late at night ¹
2. Noun. The product of such study; often, writings. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lucubration
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lucubration
Literary usage of Lucubration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1788)
"... however they were after drawn to cover her faults and pronounce her innocency.'
Winter Evenings ; or lucubration] on Life and Leiten. ..."
2. The Presidency, Its Duties, Its Powers, Its Opportunities and Its by William Howard Taft (1916)
"... in his plac^ in Congress to denounce our usurpation, but except for his
lucubration on the subject nothing was said in Congress and no action was taken. ..."
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