lucubration

[ loo-kyoo-brey-shuh n ]

/ ˌlu kyʊˈbreɪ ʃən /

laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.

the result of such activity, as a learned speech or dissertation.

Often lucubrations. any literary effort, especially of a pretentious or solemn nature.

Origin of lucubration

1585–95; < Latin lūcubrātiōn- (stem of lūcubrātiō) night-work. See lucubrate, -ion

Mr. Charming is a boon, and we would not have missed his lucubration on any account.

Lippincott's Magazine. Vol. XII, No. 33. December, 1873. |Various
The "gentlemen of the police and the gendarmerie" shrugged their shoulders and paid no attention to this lucubration.

The Confessions of Arsne Lupin |Maurice Leblanc
Father Bougeant calls his lucubration a new system of philosophy; but this is not strictly true.

The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals |Edmund P. Evans
How was it that the capitalist had put his signature to such a lucubration?

Sentimental Education, Volume II |Gustave Flaubert

I am only glad to see that Henry is himself ashamed of his lucubration.

Young Blood |E. W. Hornung

lucubration

/ (ˌluːkjʊˈbreɪʃən) /

laborious study, esp at night

(often plural) a solemn literary work