lucubrationn.

Brit.

/ˌluːkjᵿˈbreɪʃn/,

/ˌljuːkjᵿˈbreɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌluk(j)əˈbreɪʃən/

Etymology: < Latin lūcubrātiōn-em, noun of action < lūcubrāre to lucubrate v.

1. The action or occupation of lucubrating; nocturnal study or meditation; study in general; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun]

i-mindOE

studyinglOE

mindc1300

bethinking1340

poring1340

regard1348

weighingc1380

contemplationc1390

advisementa1393

deliberationa1393

advicec1405

reckoninga1413

visement?1414

considerancec1420

advisenessc1425

revolutionc1425

rewardc1432

mind-takingc1449

umbethinkingc1450

advisednessc1475

considering1483

beholding1530

meditationa1535

pondering1535

cogitation?1542

expending1545

ponderation1556

perpending1558

well weighing1566

surview1576

reflex1593

revolve1595

lucubration1596

agitation1600

perpension1612

vizamenta1616

pensitation1623

perpensation1623

perpendment1667

ruminating1668

commentationa1670

revolving1670

reflectiona1674

introspectiona1676

propendencya1676

ponderment1728

chawing1845

society > education > learning > study > [noun] > laborious study > at night

lucubration1596

elucubration1643

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > consideration beforehand > overnight

pillow counsel1573

lucubration1596

1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Who haue spared no time, no labour, no watchinges, no lucubrations, to atchieue exact knowledge in the holie scriptures.

1649 J. Evelyn tr. F. de La Mothe Le Vayer Of Liberty & Servitude iv. 74 The very lamp of earth, wherewithall he used to illuminate his lucubrations, was sold for three thousand drachma's.

a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 63 Life is, since he is gone, But a Nocturnal Lucubration.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 140. ⁋1 That state of Mind which is proper for Lucubration.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. iii. 79 The virtue of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was..the well-earned harvest of..many a midnight lucubration.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Blessed are ye that Sow 48 If Plato himself were to return and renew his sublime lucubrations.

1847 H. E. Lloyd & B. G. Babington tr. E. von Feuchtersleben Princ. Med. Psychol. 296 Immoderate lucubration with overstrained mental exertion.

1875 Cusin tr. F. Godet Luke II. 40 The light which the Rabbins had not found, or had lost, in their theological lucubrations.

2. quasi-concrete. Usually plural. The product of nocturnal study and meditation; hence, a literary work showing signs of careful elaboration. Now somewhat derisive or playful, suggesting the notion of something pedantic or over-elaborate.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > regarded as the result of labour > carefully elaborated

lucubration1611

elucubration1664

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > laboured or pedantic quality > composition

lucubration1611

strain1693

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Kk5^v His learned lucubrations and most solid workes of Diuinity.

1622 H. Wotton Let. 9 Dec. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 248 Which unfinished lucubration (for so I may justly call it, having been for the most part born in the night).

1693 N. Mather in J. Owen 2 Disc. Holy Spirit Pref. sig. A3^v There are some other Lucubrations of his on Subjects nearly allied unto these.

1709 R. Steele & J. Swift Tatler No. 70 Having read your Lucubrations of the 10th Instant.

1745 H. Fielding True Patriot 5 Nov. 1/2 The Encouragement with which those Lucubrations are read, may seem..more difficult to be accounted for.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1750 I. 110 Unconnected fragments of his lucubrations were purposely jumbled together.

a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 245 A future number of my lucubrations.

1828 J. Ballantyne Exam. Human Mind 26 I have divided my Lucubrations into Four Parts.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. v. 343 We search in vain through tons of dusty lucubration.

1876 A. Laing Lindores Abbey xiii. 127 [She] endeavoured to turn his pious lucubrations into French Verse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lucubration
释义	lucubrationn. Brit. /ˌluːkjᵿˈbreɪʃn/, /ˌljuːkjᵿˈbreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌluk(j)əˈbreɪʃən/ Etymology: < Latin lūcubrātiōn-em, noun of action < lūcubrāre to lucubrate v. 1. The action or occupation of lucubrating; nocturnal study or meditation; study in general; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] i-mindOE studyinglOE mindc1300 bethinking1340 poring1340 regard1348 weighingc1380 contemplationc1390 advisementa1393 deliberationa1393 advicec1405 reckoninga1413 visement?1414 considerancec1420 advisenessc1425 revolutionc1425 rewardc1432 mind-takingc1449 umbethinkingc1450 advisednessc1475 considering1483 beholding1530 meditationa1535 pondering1535 cogitation?1542 expending1545 ponderation1556 perpending1558 well weighing1566 surview1576 reflex1593 revolve1595 lucubration1596 agitation1600 perpension1612 vizamenta1616 pensitation1623 perpensation1623 perpendment1667 ruminating1668 commentationa1670 revolving1670 reflectiona1674 introspectiona1676 propendencya1676 ponderment1728 chawing1845 society > education > learning > study > [noun] > laborious study > at night lucubration1596 elucubration1643 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > consideration beforehand > overnight pillow counsel1573 lucubration1596 1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Who haue spared no time, no labour, no watchinges, no lucubrations, to atchieue exact knowledge in the holie scriptures. 1649 J. Evelyn tr. F. de La Mothe Le Vayer Of Liberty & Servitude iv. 74 The very lamp of earth, wherewithall he used to illuminate his lucubrations, was sold for three thousand drachma's. a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 63 Life is, since he is gone, But a Nocturnal Lucubration. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 140. ⁋1 That state of Mind which is proper for Lucubration. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. iii. 79 The virtue of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was..the well-earned harvest of..many a midnight lucubration. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Blessed are ye that Sow 48 If Plato himself were to return and renew his sublime lucubrations. 1847 H. E. Lloyd & B. G. Babington tr. E. von Feuchtersleben Princ. Med. Psychol. 296 Immoderate lucubration with overstrained mental exertion. 1875 Cusin tr. F. Godet Luke II. 40 The light which the Rabbins had not found, or had lost, in their theological lucubrations. 2. quasi-concrete. Usually plural. The product of nocturnal study and meditation; hence, a literary work showing signs of careful elaboration. Now somewhat derisive or playful, suggesting the notion of something pedantic or over-elaborate. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > regarded as the result of labour > carefully elaborated lucubration1611 elucubration1664 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > laboured or pedantic quality > composition lucubration1611 strain1693 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Kk5^v His learned lucubrations and most solid workes of Diuinity. 1622 H. Wotton Let. 9 Dec. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 248 Which unfinished lucubration (for so I may justly call it, having been for the most part born in the night). 1693 N. Mather in J. Owen 2 Disc. Holy Spirit Pref. sig. A3^v There are some other Lucubrations of his on Subjects nearly allied unto these. 1709 R. Steele & J. Swift Tatler No. 70 Having read your Lucubrations of the 10th Instant. 1745 H. Fielding True Patriot 5 Nov. 1/2 The Encouragement with which those Lucubrations are read, may seem..more difficult to be accounted for. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1750 I. 110 Unconnected fragments of his lucubrations were purposely jumbled together. a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 245 A future number of my lucubrations. 1828 J. Ballantyne Exam. Human Mind 26 I have divided my Lucubrations into Four Parts. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. v. 343 We search in vain through tons of dusty lucubration. 1876 A. Laing Lindores Abbey xiii. 127 [She] endeavoured to turn his pious lucubrations into French Verse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1596
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