lucubrate
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lucubrate
- /ˈluː.kjə.bɹeɪt/
Where it comes from
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lūcubrātus, perfect passive participle of lūcubrō (“to work by candlelight”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lūx (“light”).
verb lucubrates · lucubrating · lucubrated
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To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.
Instead, as Oklahoma’s tenure committee lucubrated over Hill’s future, […]
Similar: burn the midnight oil, elucubrate, pull an all-nighter
- To work or write like a scholar. 1846, Nathaniel Chipman, in Daniel Chipman, The Life of Hon. Nathaniel Chipman, LL.D., p. 261, […] I shall not hesitate to repeat some of my former thoughts, when lucubrating upon the same subject.
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verb work diligently by artificial light; to study at night
| 日本語 | 蛍雪の功を積む keisetsu no kou wo tsumu |
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| Français | pernocter, veiller en travaillant |
| Русский | рабо́тать но́чью rabótatʹ nóčʹju |
verb work or write like a scholar
| Русский | усе́рдно труди́ться usérdno trudítʹsja |
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