a. and sb. Obs. [ad. L. lūcubrātōrius, f. lūcubrāre.] a. adj. Pertaining to lucubration; meditative. b. sb. (jocular.) A ‘thinking-shop,’ a place of midnight study.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Lucubratory, of or belonging to studying or working by candle-light.
1711. Pope, Lett., 21 Dec. (1735), I. 122. You must have a sober dish of coffee and a solitary candle at your side to write an Epistle lucubratory to your friend.
1775. [see LUCUBRATOR].
