This is the 12315th most frequent French word.
élucubrations
Absurd or nonsensical ideas, often excessively elaborate.
Here 'élucubrations' illustrates the speaker's exaggerated or nonsensical ideas, reflecting a sense of indulgent creativity or impractical pondering.
Ses élucubrations sur la théorie du temps nous ont fait sourire.
His ramblings about the theory of time made us smile.
In this context, 'élucubrations' describes the effort of creating imaginative or elaborate poetic works, hinting at excessive processing or abstraction.
Elle passait des heures à rédiger des élucubrations poétiques.
She spent hours writing poetic ramblings.
The term 'élucubrations' here is used to refer to elaborate philosophical discussions or ideas that were seen as over-complicated or absurd by others.