† lucubratoryadj.n.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
Pertaining to lucubration; meditative.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [adjective]
thoughtfulc1175
contemplative1340
considerativec1449
musing1449
studient1532
pondering1566
contemplatory1576
speculative1578
considerate1581
reflective1581
theorical1594
theoric?1600
theoretical1608
meditative1611
thoughtsome1627
reflexive1630
reflecting1632
revolutive1637
cogitativea1639
thoughtive1654
lucubratory1656
thinkful1668
theoretic1701
ruminatinga1704
reflectious1715
ruminative1774
thinking1799
meditative1831
ruminant1849
meditational1864
penseful1865
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Lucubratory, of or belonging to studying or working by candle-light.
1711 A. Pope Corr. 21 Dec. (1956) I. 137 You must have a sober Dish of Coffee, and a Solitary Candle at your side, to write an Epistle Lucubratory to your Friend.
B. n.
(jocular.) A ‘thinking-shop’, a place of midnight study.
ΚΠ
1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) IV. cxxiii. 137 I remained in his lucubratory, which, in point of exterior, surpassed everything but the lucubrator.
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