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noun

Lucubration n.

The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation. "After long lucubration I have hit upon such an expedient."

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."

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Etymology of 'Lucubration'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lucubration" Quotes from Famous Books

... Lecouvreur), he tore it into shreds, as it were, declaiming against the immoral love of the comedienne and of the hero and against the adulterous love of the Princesse de Bouillon. But the truth showed itself in spite of all, and he cried out, with fury intensified by outrage: "In this infamous lucubration of French authors there is a court abbe, who, thanks to the unbounded licentiousness of his expressions, constitutes a direct insult to the clergy." Finally he pronounced an anathema against Scribe, who was already dead, against Legouve, against me, and against all my company. The result was that ...

— My Double Life - The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt • Sarah Bernhardt

... transmogrifying, dissecting, kicking, cuffing, illustrating, turning inside out, and outside in again the aforesaid paragraph. The real master of this art will show his skill by the great number of times in which he will manage to say "We" in the course of his lucubration. ...

— Punchinello, Vol. 2., No. 32, November 5, 1870 • Various

Words linked to "Lucubration" : literary composition, lucubrate, cogitation