lucubratory
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lucubratory (not comparable)
- (archaic) Composed by candlelight, or at night.
- December 21, 1711, Alexander Pope, letter to H. Cromwell
- a solitary candle at your side, to write an epistle lucubratory to your friend
- December 21, 1711, Alexander Pope, letter to H. Cromwell
References
[edit]- “lucubratory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.