longueur
Use Longueur in a sentence
Origin:
1815–25; < French: literally, length
1815–25; < French: literally, length
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longueur (French lɔ̃ɡœr) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a period of boredom or dullness | |
| [literally: length] | |
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Longueur
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
The master of the longueur knows, in other words, how to be curt when the need arises.
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