longueur

(lôŋ gʉr′; Fr lōn gër′)

noun

a long, boring section, as in a novel, musical work, etc.

Origin: Fr

See longueur in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A tedious passage in a work of literature or performing art: “longueurs and passages of meretricious vulgarity” (Stephen Schiff).

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French longor, a protracted discussion

Origin: , from long, long

Origin: , from Latin longus; see longitude

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