élucubration

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ēlūcubrātiō, from ēlūcubrō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.ly.ky.bʁa.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

élucubration f (plural élucubrations)

(derogatory) lucubration, elucubration (results of intense study with little value; used ironically)
- 1949, Simone de Beauvoir, Le Deuxième Sexe:
  Insultée, ridiculisée, elle dut s’enfermer dans ses domaines; et malgré un tempérament généreux, devenue à moitié folle, elle ne produisit plus que d’extravagantes élucubrations.
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Further reading

“élucubration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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