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Definition of: lucubration
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′ky·brā′shən) noun
1. Close and earnest meditation or study.
2. The product of deep meditation or earnest study; a literary composition; often, a pedantic or over-elaborated work. [<L lucubratio, -onis]
—lu′cu·bra′tor noun
—lu′cu·bra·to′ry (-brətôr′ē, -tō′rē) adjective
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