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lucubration

N การ ทำ งานเขียน หรือ ศึกษา อย่าง มุมานะ (โดยเฉพาะ ใน เวลา กลางคืน  kan-tam-ngan-kian-rue-suek-sa-yang-mu-ma-na

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LUCUBRATION

n. 1. Study by a lamp or by candle-light; nocturnal study.
2. That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LUCUBRATION

Lu `cu *bra "tion, n. Etym: [l. lucubratio;cf. F. lucubration. ]

 

1. The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation. After long lucubration I have hit upon such an expedient. Goldsmith.

 

2. That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely ) any literary composition. Thy lucubrations have been perused by several of our friends. Tatler.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lucubration

lu cu bra tion |ˌlo͞ok (y )əˈbrāSHən ˌluk (j )əˈbreɪʃən | ▶noun formal study; meditation: after sixteen years' lucubration he produced this account. • (usu. lucubrations ) a piece of writing, typically a pedantic or overelaborate one. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin lucubratio (n- ), from the verb lucubrare (see lucubrate ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

lucubration

lucu |bra ¦tion |ˌluːkjʊˈbreɪʃ (ə )n, ˌljuː -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] archaic writing or study: after sixteen years' lucubration he produced this account. • [ count noun ] (usu. lucubrations ) a learned or pedantic piece of writing. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin lucubratio (n- ), from the verb lucubrare (see lucubrate ).