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  • Word For The Day - Lucubration

    04/28/2017 6:21:21 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 42 replies
    www.dictionary.com ^ | 04-28-2017 | Red Badger
    ................It’s FRIDAY!................... In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “Word for the Day”. lu·cu·bra·tion ˈˌlo͞ok(y)əˈbrāSHən/ noun - formal lucubration: study; meditation. example: "after sixteen years' lucubration he produced this account" noun 1. laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night. 2. the result of such activity, as a learned speech or dissertation. 3. Often, lucubrations. any literary effort, especially of a pretentious or solemn nature. Origin: late 16th century: from Latin lucubratio(n-), from the verb lucubrare (see lucubrate). Rules: Everyone must leave a post using...