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langer

nounemotion

tedious, dull, listless boredom

A state of boredom or dull listlessness; a tedious situation or thing that causes lack of interest.

Example in use

Da film wis a richt langer.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/LANG-er/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: longer

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