lucubration
Meaningworking by lamplight
Common meaning: laborious study
Other meanings: a learned piece
- lucubrto work by lamplightLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1082 · scan
- ationnoun ending: act or result
Journey through time
- Latinlūcubrō, -āre‘to work by lamplight’
- Englishlucubration‘laborious study’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin lūcubrō ‘to work by lamplight’.
Roots
- lūcubrō, -āre Latin “to work by lamplight”
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