Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To produce (a written work) by working long and diligently.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
lucubrate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete See
lucubrate .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
solve ,write orcompose byworking studiously at night; tostudy .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Back-formation from elucubration.]
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From the past participle of Latin elucubrare ‘compose by lamplight’.
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jaime_d commented on the word elucubrate
from the Ring and the Book.
October 1, 2007
whichbe commented on the word elucubrate
To work out or express by studious effort; to burn the midnight oil.
May 12, 2008