longueurn.

Brit.

/lɒŋˈɡəː/, U.S.

/lɔŋˈ(ɡ)ər/,

/lɑŋˈ(ɡ)ər/

Forms: 1700s– longueur, 1800s langueur (irregular), 1900s– longeur (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French longueur.

Etymology: < French longueur overly lengthy or tedious passage (1585 in Middle French, originally and chiefly in plural), specific semantic development of longueur length, duration (12th cent. in Old French as longur ) < long long adj.¹ + -eur -ure suffix¹.It is unclear whether the following earlier quotation, in sense ‘prolongation’, shows an earlier borrowing of Middle French longueur (compare contextual uses of Middle French longueur in senses ‘activity stretching out over a period of time’ (1462) and ‘procrastination’ (1487), as well as Anglo-Norman longure length (beginning of the 14th cent.)), or an independent formation < long adj.¹ + -ure suffix¹:a1692 ( in J. Stevenson Lett. & Papers Illustr. Wars Eng. in France (1864) II. 456 Thre Estates of that cuntree..considering that this maner of contynuance of the werre is but a longeure of thair empoverisshement and final destruccion. In form langueur (compare quot. 1866) probably by association with languor n.

A lengthy or tedious passage of writing, music, etc.; a tedious stretch of time.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity > prolix passage

longueur1791

1791 H. Walpole Let. 26 May in Corr. (1944) XI. 275 Boswell's book is gossiping,..but there are woeful longueurs, both about his hero, and himself.

1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III xcvii. 57 I know that what our neighbours call ‘longueurs’, (We've not so good a word, but have the thing)..Form not the true temptation which allures The reader.

1866 Nation (N.Y.) 16 Aug. 127/2 In what other writer than George Eliot could we forgive so rusty a plot, and such langueurs of exposition?

1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 5 The terrible longueurs induced by the meaningless ministerial repetition of prayers already said by the congregation.

1915 N. Amer. Rev. Mar. 442 The wondrous enchantment of his [sc. Wagner's] music persuades us to endure the longueurs of his cumbersome dramatic structures.

1952 ‘M. Cost’ Hour Awaits 251 This sense of impending pause in herself—this longueur of spirit.

1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Jan. 40/3 The longueurs of the middle-class Sunday, the deadly frustrations of office routine.

2004 D. Lodge Author, Author iii. ii. 261 I'm not saying it's a great play, mind you. It's flawed, it has its longueurs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	longueur
释义	longueurn. Brit. /lɒŋˈɡəː/, U.S. /lɔŋˈ(ɡ)ər/, /lɑŋˈ(ɡ)ər/ Forms: 1700s– longueur, 1800s langueur (irregular), 1900s– longeur (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French longueur. Etymology: < French longueur overly lengthy or tedious passage (1585 in Middle French, originally and chiefly in plural), specific semantic development of longueur length, duration (12th cent. in Old French as longur ) < long long adj.¹ + -eur -ure suffix¹.It is unclear whether the following earlier quotation, in sense ‘prolongation’, shows an earlier borrowing of Middle French longueur (compare contextual uses of Middle French longueur in senses ‘activity stretching out over a period of time’ (1462) and ‘procrastination’ (1487), as well as Anglo-Norman longure length (beginning of the 14th cent.)), or an independent formation < long adj.¹ + -ure suffix¹:a1692 ( in J. Stevenson Lett. & Papers Illustr. Wars Eng. in France (1864) II. 456 Thre Estates of that cuntree..considering that this maner of contynuance of the werre is but a longeure of thair empoverisshement and final destruccion. In form langueur (compare quot. 1866) probably by association with languor n. A lengthy or tedious passage of writing, music, etc.; a tedious stretch of time. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity > prolix passage longueur1791 1791 H. Walpole Let. 26 May in Corr. (1944) XI. 275 Boswell's book is gossiping,..but there are woeful longueurs, both about his hero, and himself. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III xcvii. 57 I know that what our neighbours call ‘longueurs’, (We've not so good a word, but have the thing)..Form not the true temptation which allures The reader. 1866 Nation (N.Y.) 16 Aug. 127/2 In what other writer than George Eliot could we forgive so rusty a plot, and such langueurs of exposition? 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 5 The terrible longueurs induced by the meaningless ministerial repetition of prayers already said by the congregation. 1915 N. Amer. Rev. Mar. 442 The wondrous enchantment of his [sc. Wagner's] music persuades us to endure the longueurs of his cumbersome dramatic structures. 1952 ‘M. Cost’ Hour Awaits 251 This sense of impending pause in herself—this longueur of spirit. 1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Jan. 40/3 The longueurs of the middle-class Sunday, the deadly frustrations of office routine. 2004 D. Lodge Author, Author iii. ii. 261 I'm not saying it's a great play, mind you. It's flawed, it has its longueurs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1791
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