elucubrationn.
/ɪˌl(j)uːkjuːˈbreɪʃən/ΘΚΠ
society > education > learning > study > [noun] > laborious study > at night
lucubration1596
elucubration1643
1643 Sober Sadness 6 After so many monethes elucubrations.
1697 J. Evelyn Numismata ix. 305 Macerating Studies and Elucubrations.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
2. concrete. The product or result of studying or composing by candle-light: hence gen. any literary composition. Cf. lucubration n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > regarded as the result of labour > carefully elaborated
lucubration1611
elucubration1664
1664 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix To Rdr. 185 Those worthily-magnified elucubrations of Mr. Joseph Mede.
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 272 S. Cyrillus..whose most Erudite Elucubrations were printed at Paris.
1859 F. Mahony Rel. Father Prout 168 Such is the perfume that breathes from thy chest of posthumous elucubrations.
Derivatives
elucubrationary adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > learning > study > [adjective] > studying at night
candle-wasting1600
elucubrationary1716
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > carefully elaborated
elucubrationary1716
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 383 Those corrupt Elucubrationary mixtures of Orthodoxy and inoculated Heterodoxy.
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