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   lucubrate

   /ˈluːkjʊbreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. write or study, especially by night. archaic
   • ▪ produce scholarly written material: archaic "I have often lucubrated for your Magazine"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin lucubrat- ‘(having) worked by lamplight’, from the verb lucubrare.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lucubrator noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • L

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   • U

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   • C

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   • U

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   • B

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   • R

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   • A

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   • E

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