English [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Borrowed from Latin lūcubrātus, perfect passive participle of lūcubrō (“work by candlelight”), from lūx (“light”).

Pronunciation [ edit ]

IPA (key) : /ˈluː.kjə.bɹeɪt/

: Audio (US)

Verb [ edit ]

lucubrate (third-person singular simple present lucubrates, present participle lucubrating, simple past and past participle lucubrated)

( rare ) To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night. 1991 December, K. Boo, “The organization woman”, in The Washington Monthly, volume 23, issue 12, page 44: Instead, as Oklahoma’s tenure committee lucubrated over Hill’s future, [ … ] 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.

Synonyms [ edit ]

Derived terms [ edit ]

lucubrated ( obsolete )

Related terms [ edit ]

elucubrate

lucubration

lucubratist ( obsolete )

lucubrator

lucubratory

Translations [ edit ]

work diligently by artificial light; to study at night French: pernocter (fr) veiller en travaillant

Japanese: 蛍雪の功を積む ( keisetsu no kou wo tsumu ) Russian: рабо́тать но́чью ( rabótatʹ nóčʹju )

work or write like a scholar Russian: усе́рдно труди́ться ( usérdno trudítʹsja )

Anagrams [ edit ]

Latin [ edit ]

Verb [ edit ]

lūcubrāte