lucubration

lu·cu·bra·tion  (lky-brshn)

n.

1. Laborious study or meditation.

2. Writing produced by laborious effort or study, especially pedantic or pretentious writing. Often used in the plural.

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lucubration

1. laborious work or study, especially when done late at night.
2. the work, as a book or treatise, produced or apparently produced this way. — lucubrator, n.

See also: Work

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1. the practice of reading, writing, or studying at night, especially by artificial light; “burning the midnight oil.”
2. the art or practice of writing learnedly. — lucubrator, n. — lucubrate, v.

See also: Learning

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lucubration - a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation literary composition, literary work - imaginative or creative writing
	2.	lucubration - laborious cogitation cogitation, study - attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"