longueur /lɒŋˈ(ɡ)ɜː/ noun1 •A lengthy passage in a dramatic or literary work, especially a dull or tedious one; a period of boredom.[T]he reader can’t help feeling that a few judicious nips and tucks might have dispersed the longueurs that waft around the third quarter of the book. — 2015 formslongueurs
