lucubration
/ˌluːkjʊˈbreɪʃən/
noun
- The act of studying or writing laboriously, especially late at night.
- After a night of lucubration, he finally finished his essay.
- The professor's lucubration resulted in a groundbreaking book.
- Her lucubration paid off when she earned top marks.
- A piece of writing produced by long, hard study, often considered overly elaborate or pedantic.
- His latest lucubration was too dense for casual readers.
- The journal published her lucubration on medieval philosophy.
- Critics dismissed the article as a tedious lucubration.
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