lucubration

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Intense and prolonged study or meditation; especially, late at night.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The product of such study; often, writings.

Sinonieme

chisel and ax

laborious study

Vertalings

Lukubration

lucubration

الدراسة

mühsames Studium

Axt und Meißel

ενδελεχής μελέτη

Etimologie (Engels)

From the Latin lūcubrātiō (“nighttime study”), from lūcubrō (“work by artificial light”), from lūx (“light”). Compare luculent.

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