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Noun: lucubration  ,loo-kyû'brey-shun
Usage: archaic
  1. A solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
    "The philosopher's latest lucubration explored the nature of consciousness"
     
  2. Laborious cogitation
    "The philosopher's lucubration on the nature of existence lasted well into the night"

Derived forms: lucubrations

Type of: cogitation, literary composition, literary work, study

Encyclopedia: Lucubration