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LUCUBRATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Laborious cogitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("lucubration" is a kind of...):
cogitation; study (attentive consideration and meditation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("lucubration" is a kind of...):
literary composition; literary work (imaginative or creative writing)
Derivation:
lucubrate (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing)
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