lucubration

  • 21lucubration — n. literary 1 nocturnal study or meditation. 2 (usu. in pl.) literary writings, esp. of a pedantic or elaborate character. Etymology: L lucubratio (as LUCUBRATE) …

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  • 22Elucubration — E*lu cu*bra tion, n. [Cf. F. [ e]lucubration.] See {Lucubration}. [Obs.] Evelyn. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 23lucubrate — (v.) to work at night, 1620s, from L. lucubratus, pp. of lucubrare to work by lamplight (see LUCUBRATION (Cf. lucubration)). Literally, to work by artificial light, hence to work laboriously …

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  • 24e|lu|cu|bra|tion — «ih LOO kyuh BRAY shuhn», noun. = lucubration. (Cf. ↑lucubration) …

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  • 25Greyhawk — This article is about the role playing game setting. For other uses, see Greyhawk (disambiguation). Greyhawk Designer(s) Gary Gygax Publisher(s) TSR, Inc. Wizards of the Coast Publication date …

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  • 27Fielding H. Garrison — Colonel Fielding Hudson Garrison, MD (November 5, 1870 ndash; April 18, 1935) was an acclaimed medical historian, bibliographer, and librarian of medicine. Garrison s An Introduction to the History of Medicine (1913) is a landmark text in this… …

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  • 28elucubration — [ē lo͞o΄kə brā′shən, ē lo͞o΄kyo͞obrā′shən; ilo͞o΄kə brā′shən, ilo͞o΄kyo͞obrā′shən] n. LUCUBRATION * * * e·lu·cu·bra·tion (ĭ lo͞o kyo͝o brāʹshən) n. 1. The act or process of elucubrating. 2. A written work produced by elucubrating.   [Latin… …

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  • 29lucubrate — 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 …

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  • 30pandect — I (code of laws) noun body of law, canon, canon of laws, charter, code, codification, codified law, collection of laws, complete body of laws, digest, digest of law, enactment, legal code, principles, statute book II (treatise) noun analysis,… …

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