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Meaning of lucubrate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
/ˈluː.kjə.bɹeɪt/

Definitions

  1. To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.
    rare
  2. To work or write like a scholar.

Equivalents

Examples

“Instead, as Oklahoma’s tenure committee lucubrated over Hill’s future, […]”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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