Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who lucubrates.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who studies by night; also, one who produces lucubrations.
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- noun One who
lucubrates .
Etymologies
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lucubrate + -or
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Examples
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It was the face of one very young and beautiful, and the deep, tender eyes looked down, as with a watchful fondness, upon the lucubrator and his labours.
The Disowned — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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It was the face of one very young and beautiful, and the deep, tender eyes looked down, as with a watchful fondness, upon the lucubrator and his labours.
The Disowned — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
Gammerstang commented on the word lucubrator
(noun) - A person who studies by night, or by candlelight.
--Leo de Colange's Zell's Popular Encyclopedia, 1871
January 16, 2018