lucubrate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin lūcubrātus, perfect passive participle of lūcubrō (“work by candlelight”), from lūx (“light”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
lucubrate (third-person singular simple present lucubrates, present participle lucubrating, simple past and past participle lucubrated)
- (rare) To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.
- 1991, December, Boo, K., “The organization woman”, The Washington Monthly, vol. 23, issue 12, p44,
- Instead, as Oklahoma’s tenure committee lucubrated over Hill’s future, […]
- 1991, December, Boo, K., “The organization woman”, The Washington Monthly, vol. 23, issue 12, p44,
- To work or write like a scholar.
- 1846, Nathaniel Chipman, in Daniel Chipman, The Life of Hon. Nathaniel Chipman, LL.D., p. 261,
- […] I shall not hesitate to repeat some of my former thoughts, when lucubrating upon the same subject.
- 1846, Nathaniel Chipman, in Daniel Chipman, The Life of Hon. Nathaniel Chipman, LL.D., p. 261,
Derived terms [edit]
- lucubrated (obsolete)
Related terms [edit]
- lucubration
- lucubratist (obsolete)
- lucubrator
- lucubratory
Synonyms [edit]
work diligently
Translations [edit]
work diligently by artificial light; to study at night
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
lūcubrāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of lūcubrō
