LUCUBRATORY ADJ. pert. to lucubration; meditative; pert. to studying, composing, or working by candlelight ...1656 obs. NOUN a 'thinking-shop'; a place of midnight study ...1775 obs. jocular usage ETYMOLOGY from Latin lūcubrātōrius, (pert. to midnight word or a night student), from lūcubrāre (to work or compose by night or candlelight) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1656 - "...Lucubratory, of or belonging to studying or working by candle-light" From: Glossographia; or, A Dictionary Interpreting All Such Hard Words, whether Hebrew, Greek or Latin... as are now used in our refined English tongue - Thomas Blount EXAMPLE "...Lemuel took the tweezer-case, and went out, while the coachman and I remained in his lucubratory, which, in point of exterior, surpassed every thing but the lucubrator." From: Liberal Opinions, or, The History of Benignus - Samuel Jackson Pratt, 1783
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