lucubrate

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I like to speak and lucubrate my fill;

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  1. intransitive verb To write in a scholarly fashion; produce scholarship.

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  1. Latin lūcubrāre, lūcubrāt-, to work at night by lamplight; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin lucubratus, past participle of lucubrare (later Italian lucubrare = Portuguese Spanish lucubrar = French lucubrer), work by candle-light, from (Late Latin) lucubrum (Middle Latin lucubrum, a faint light), from Latin lux (luc-), light: see lucent. Cf. elucubrate.
 

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/ˈljukjubreɪt/
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