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lucubration Our professor admitted that he wasn't looking forward to reading through any more of our lucubrations on novels that no one enjoyed. lucubration*

Accepted Answer

(1) Hard and difficult study. (2) The product of such study. Lucubration came to mean “hard study” because it originally meant study done by lamplight, and in a world without electric lights, such study was likely to be the kind of hard work that would only a dedicated student like Abe Lincoln would make a habit of. The word has a literary feel to it, and it's often used with a touch of sarcasm

word	lucubration
definition	(1) Hard and difficult study. (2) The product of such study.
eg_sentence	Our professor admitted that he wasn't looking forward to reading through any more of our lucubrations on novels that no one enjoyed.
explanation	Lucubration came to mean “hard study” because it originally meant study done by lamplight, and in a world without electric lights, such study was likely to be the kind of hard work that would only a dedicated student like Abe Lincoln would make a habit of. The word has a literary feel to it, and it's often used with a touch of sarcasm
IPA	lucubration*

Lucubration Hard Study Difficult Product Professor Admitted Forward