- Lucubratory
- Lucubratory Lu"cu*bra*to*ry, a. [L. lucubratorius.] Composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
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Lucubratory
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lucubratory — adjective Etymology: Latin lucubratorius connected with study at night, from lucubratus + orius ory obsolete : laboriously thought out or expressed … Useful english dictionary
lucubrate — lucubrator, n. lucubratory /looh kyooh breuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /looh kyoo brayt /, v.i., lucubrated, lucubrating. 1. to work, write, or study laboriously, esp. at night. 2. to write learnedly. [1615 25; < L lucubratus, ptp. of lucubrare to… … Universalium
lucubrate — verb /ˈluː.kjə.bɹeɪt/ To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night. Instead, as Oklahoma’s tenure committee lucubrated over Hill’s future, Syn: burn the midnight oil, elucubrate, pull an all nighter See Also … Wiktionary
thinking — adj 1. rational, reasoning, reasonable, sensible, cerebral; logical, practical, pragmatic; intelligent, knowing, ratiocinative, percipient, perceiving; analytic, ideational, philosophical, sophic; speculative, imaginative. 2. reflective,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
meditative — [adj] contemplative awake, aware, cogitative, introspective, lucubratory, musing, pensive, philosophical, prayerful, rapt, reflective, ruminant, ruminative, thinking, thoughtful; concept 402 … New thesaurus
lucubrate — v.i. study laboriously, especially at night; work by artificial light. ♦ lucubration, n. act or result of lucubrating; over elaborated literary work. ♦ lucubrator, n. ♦ lucubratory, a. pertaining to night work; laborious … Dictionary of difficult words
