Words at Play : Top 10 Spelling Bee Winning Words
Spelled By:
Jacques Bailly, 1980
Used in a Sentence:
"To complete his studies, the young Abraham Lincoln famously had no choice but to elucubrate at night in his family's log cabin."
About the Word:
Pronunciation: \ee-LOO-kyuh-brayt\
The Latin elucubrare meant "to compose by lamplight." The discipline required of that activity helped elucubrate develop the sense "to work out or express by studious effort."
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