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scottobearlongueur \long-GUR\, noun:
A dull and tedious passage in a book, play, musical composition, or the like.
Longueur is from French (where it means "length"), ultimately deriving from Latin longus, "long," which is also the source of English long.
spoliation \spo-lee-AY-shun\ noun
1. The act of pillaging and plundering.
2. Seizure of neutral ships at sea in time of war.
3. The deliberate destruction or alteration of a document.
From Middle English, from Latin spoliation, past participle of spoliare, from spoil.
A dull and tedious passage in a book, play, musical composition, or the like.
Longueur is from French (where it means "length"), ultimately deriving from Latin longus, "long," which is also the source of English long.
spoliation \spo-lee-AY-shun\ noun
1. The act of pillaging and plundering.
2. Seizure of neutral ships at sea in time of war.
3. The deliberate destruction or alteration of a document.
From Middle English, from Latin spoliation, past participle of spoliare, from spoil.
