[lawng-gur, long-; Fr. lawn-gœr] 
[-gurz; Fr. -gœr] . | a long and boring passage in a literary work, drama, musical composition, or the like: The longueurs in this book make it almost unreadable. |
| lon·gueur (lông-gûr', lŏng-) n. A tedious passage in a work of literature or performing art: "longueurs and passages of meretricious vulgarity" (Stephen Schiff). [French, from Old French longor, a protracted discussion, from long, long, from Latin longus; see longitude.] |