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prettygoodwordlongueur - n., a dull, tedious passage in a work of literature or performing art.
From the French, where it originally meant just length, ultimately from the Latin root we got long from. The OED word of the day is sometimes subject to longueurs.
---L.
From the French, where it originally meant just length, ultimately from the Latin root we got long from. The OED word of the day is sometimes subject to longueurs.
---L.
