lucubrate
intransitive verb
lu·cu·brate
ˈlük(y)əˌbrāt
-ed/-ing/-s
: to discourse learnedly in writing : expatiate
lucubrate in various scholarly journals
compare elucubrate lucubrator noun
-brātə(r)
-ātə-
plural -s
Word History
Etymology
Latin lucubratus, past participle of lucubrare to work by lamplight, compose by night; akin to Latin lucēre to shine