elucubrate

[ ih-loo-kyoo-breyt ]

/ ɪˈlu kyʊˌbreɪt /

to produce (especially literary work) by long and intensive effort.

Origin of elucubrate

1615–25; < Latin ēlūcubrātus, past participle of ēlūcubrāre to spend the night over (a literary work). See e-¹, lucubrate

e·lu·cu·bra·tion, noun

elt, elton, eluant, eluate, elucidate, elucubrate, elude, eluent, elul, elura, elusion