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lucubrate

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈluː.kjə.bɹeɪt/

Definition of lucubrate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (rare)To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.
    “Instead, as Oklahoma’s tenure committee lucubrated over Hill’s future, […]”
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verb

  1. (rare)To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.
    “Instead, as Oklahoma’s tenure committee lucubrated over Hill’s future, […]”
  2. To work or write like a scholar.
    “1846, Nathaniel Chipman, in Daniel Chipman, The Life of Hon. Nathaniel Chipman, LL.D., p. 261, […] I shall not hesitate to repeat some of my former thoughts, when lucubrating upon the same subject.”

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Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lūcubrātus, perfect passive participle of lūcubrō (“to work by candlelight”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lūx (“light”).

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