1. laborious study or work, especially done late at night
Usage: formal; literary
2. a scholarly work produced by intensive study
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The professor’s lucubration on medieval philosophy took him three years to complete.
• After months of lucubration, she finally finished her thesis.
• His lucubrations on ancient history were widely respected by scholars.
• The student’s nocturnal lucubrations paid off when she aced the exam.
• The library was filled with students engaged in serious lucubration.
• Her latest lucubration explores the connection between art and politics.