Definition of lucubration in English:
lucubration
noun ˌluːkjʊˈbreɪʃ(ə)nˌluk(j)əˈbreɪʃən
mass nounarchaic 1Writing or study.
after sixteen years' lucubration he produced this account
- 1.1usually lucubrationscount noun A learned or pedantic piece of writing.
it was natural enough to return the compliment by endorsing his newest lucubrations
Example sentencesExamples
- What is so deeply revolting about her lucubrations is their unutterable and invincible bourgeois complacency.
- On the other hand, the Journal-Constitution also brings us the counterpoint to his lucubrations.
- He evangelized for an idiosyncratic version of Henri Bergson's creative evolution, stripped of the Frenchman's lucubrations on space, time, duration, memory, and mind.
- This immediately puts its finger on Powell's distinctive wit and suggests why the narrative voice of Dance is so engaging, as are lucubrations like the above one about marriage.
- Further, the lucubrations of a bitter, lonely, and hurt old man did indeed lead him to a convenient anti-Semitism above the then-norm in his old age.
- Their lucubrations may be persuasive, but not authoritative.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin lucubratio(n-), from the verb lucubrare (see lucubrate).
Definition of lucubration in US English:
lucubration
nounˌlo͞ok(y)əˈbrāSHənˌluk(j)əˈbreɪʃən
archaic 1Study; meditation.
after sixteen years' lucubration he produced this account
- 1.1usually lucubrations A piece of writing, typically a pedantic or overelaborate one.
Example sentencesExamples
- This immediately puts its finger on Powell's distinctive wit and suggests why the narrative voice of Dance is so engaging, as are lucubrations like the above one about marriage.
- On the other hand, the Journal-Constitution also brings us the counterpoint to his lucubrations.
- He evangelized for an idiosyncratic version of Henri Bergson's creative evolution, stripped of the Frenchman's lucubrations on space, time, duration, memory, and mind.
- Their lucubrations may be persuasive, but not authoritative.
- What is so deeply revolting about her lucubrations is their unutterable and invincible bourgeois complacency.
- Further, the lucubrations of a bitter, lonely, and hurt old man did indeed lead him to a convenient anti-Semitism above the then-norm in his old age.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin lucubratio(n-), from the verb lucubrare (see lucubrate).