lucubration

/ˌluːkjʊˈbreɪʃən/
noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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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