different between elucubrate vs lucubrate

English

Etymology

From the past participle of Latin elucubrare (“compose by lamplight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lu?kj?b?e?t/

Verb

elucubrate (third-person singular simple present elucubrates, present participle elucubrating, simple past and past participle elucubrated)

1. To solve, write or compose by working studiously at night; to study.

Synonyms

• burn the midnight oil
• pull an all-nighter

Derived terms

• elucubration

Italian

Verb

elucubrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of elucubrare
2. second-person plural imperative of elucubrare
3. feminine plural of elucubrato

Latin

Verb

?l?cubr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?l?cubr?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?cubr?tus, perfect passive participle of l?cubr? (“work by candlelight”), from l?x (“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lu?.kj?.b?e?t/

Verb

lucubrate (third-person singular simple present lucubrates, present participle lucubrating, simple past and past participle lucubrated)

1. (rare) To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.
   • 1991 December, K. Boo, “The organization woman”, in The Washington Monthly, volume 23, issue 12, page 44:

     Instead, as Oklahoma’s tenure committee lucubrated over Hill’s future, […]

2. To work or write like a scholar.
   • 1846, Nathaniel Chipman, in Daniel Chipman, The Life of Hon. Nathaniel Chipman, LL.D., p. 261,

     […] I shall not hesitate to repeat some of my former thoughts, when lucubrating upon the same subject.

Synonyms

Derived terms

• lucubrated (obsolete)

Related terms

• elucubrate
• lucubration
• lucubratist (obsolete)
• lucubrator
• lucubratory

Translations

Anagrams

• tubercula

Latin

Verb

l?cubr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of l?cubr?