elucubration

/ɪˌluːkjʊˈbreɪʃən/
noun
  1. The act of working late into the night, especially on writing or studying.
    • The library was full of students engaged in elucubration before finals.
    • After a night of elucubration, she finally finished her report.
    • His elucubration resulted in a brilliant novel.
  2. A piece of writing or work produced by late-night effort.
    • He shared his latest elucubration with the writing group.
    • Her elucubrations filled several notebooks.
    • The essay was a dense elucubration on philosophy.
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