'Lucubration' definitions:
Definition of 'lucubration'
(from WordNet)
noun
A solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
noun
Laborious cogitation
Definition of 'Lucubration'
From: GCIDE
- Lucubration \Lu`cu*bra"tion\, n. [l. lucubratio;cf. F. lucubration.]
- 1. The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation. [1913 Webster]
- After long lucubration I have hit upon such an expedient. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition. [1913 Webster]
- Thy lucubrations have been perused by several of our friends. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lucubration'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advisement,
- application,
- article,
- autograph,
- boning,
- brainchild,
- brainwork,
- brooding,
- causerie,
- composition,
- computer printout,
- conning,
- consideration,
- contemplation,
- copy,
- counsel,
- cram,
- cramming,
- deliberation,
- descant,
- discourse,
- discussion,
- disquisition,
- dissertation,
- document,
- draft,
- drill,
- edited version,
- engrossment,
- essay,
- etude,
- examination,
- excursus,
- exercise,
- exposition,
- extensive study,
- fair copy,
- feature,
- fiction,
- final draft,
- finished version,
- first approach,
- first draft,
- flimsy,
- grind,
- grinding,
- headwork,
- holograph,
- homily,
- inspection,
- introductory study,
- letter,
- literae scriptae,
- literary artefact,
- literary production,
- literature,
- manuscript,
- matter,
- meditation,
- memoir,
- mental labor,
- monograph,
- morceau,
- musing,
- opus,
- original,
- outline,
- pandect,
- paper,
- paragraph,
- parchment,
- penscript,
- perusal,
- piece,
- piece of writing,
- play,
- poem,
- pondering,
- practice,
- preliminary study,
- printed matter,
- printout,
- production,
- prolegomenon,
- reading,
- reading matter,
- recension,
- reflection,
- research paper,
- restudy,
- restudying,
- review,
- revolving,
- rumination,
- screed,
- scrip,
- script,
- scrive,
- scroll,
- second draft,
- sketch,
- special article,
- speculation,
- study,
- studying,
- subject,
- survey,
- swotting,
- term paper,
- the written word,
- theme,
- thesis,
- tract,
- tractate,
- transcript,
- transcription,
- treatise,
- treatment,
- typescript,
- version,
- weighing,
- wide reading,
- work,
- writing