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† lucubratory, a. and n. Obs.
[ad. L. lūcubrātōrius, f. lūcubrāre.]
A. adj. Pertaining to lucubration; meditative.
B. n. (jocular.) A ‘thinking-shop’, a place of midnight study.
1656Blount Glossogr., Lucubratory, of or belonging to studying or working by candle-light. 1711Pope Let. 21 Dec. (1735) I. 122 You must have a sober dish of coffee and a solitary candle at your side to write an Epistle lucubratory to your friend. 1775[see lucubrator]. |