lucubrate verb intrans. ['lu:kjʊbreɪt, 'lju:-] literary. E17.
[Latin lucubrat- pa. ppl stem of lucubrare, from luc-, lux light: see -ATE³.]
Work or study, esp. by artificial light at night. Also, express one's thoughts in writing, esp. laboriously and elaborately.

■ lucubrator noun L18.

■ lucubratory adjective of or pertaining to lucubration; elaborately meditative: M17.

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