Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of elucubrating.
- noun A written work produced by elucubrating.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
lucubration .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete See
lucubration .
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- noun The
act ofelucubrating
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin ēlūcubrāre, ēlūcubrāt-, to work at night by lamplight over : ē-, ex-, ex- + lūcubrāre, to work at night by lamplight; see lucubrate.]
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From the past participle of Latin elucubrare ‘compose by lamplight’.
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Examples
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The result was a long dramatic elucubration, which reminds us involuntarily of certain of Mlle. Smith's subliminal productions.
Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research Michael Sage 1897
mafflard commented on the word elucubration
elucubration; studying or writing by candlelight
February 23, 2009