Lucubration

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lucubration \Lu`cu*bra"tion\, n. [l. lucubratio;cf. F.
     lucubration.]
     1. The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight;
        nocturnal study; meditation.
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              After long lucubration I have hit upon such an
              expedient.                            --Goldsmith.
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     2. That which is composed by night; that which is produced by
        meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary
        composition.
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              Thy lucubrations have been perused by several of our
              friends.                              --Tatler.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lucubration
       n 1: a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious
            cogitation
       2: laborious cogitation

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  124 Moby Thesaurus words for "lucubration":
     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