Can you pronounce lucubrate?
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Lucubrate
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verb 1. Write or study, especially by night.
2. Produce scholarly written material.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Play Button "Elliott lucubrated past midnight every night during finals week."
Play Button "The new professor has lucubrated several books on Egyptian history."
Play Button "I couldn't focus during the day, but as soon as the sun went down, I could lucubrate."
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Latin, early 17th century
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Night owls who find the creative muse during the dark hours should learn the verb "lucubrate," which means "to write or study, especially by night." It comes from the Latin verb "lucubrare," which specifies working by lamplight. ...
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