Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lucubration

Lucubration , noun

[l. lucubratio;compare French lucubration.]

1.
The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation.
After long lucubration I have hit upon such an expedient. — Goldsmith
2.
That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
Thy lucubrations have been perused by several of our friends. — Tatler