LONGUEUR


Meaning of LONGUEUR in English

/lawng gerr", long-/ ; Fr. /lawonn guerdd"/ , n. , pl. longueurs /-gerrz"/ ; Fr. /-guerdd"/ .

a long and boring passage in a literary work, drama, musical composition, or the like: The longueurs in this book make it almost unreadable.

[ 1815-25; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .