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| Matching Terms: | pleonast, pleonaste, pleonastic, pleonastically | ||
| Definition: | [n] using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child" | ||
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| See Also: | verboseness, verbosity | ||
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| Definition: | \Ple"o*nasm\,, n. [L. pleonasmus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be
more than enough, to abound, fr.?, neut. of ?, more, compar.
of ? much. See {Full}, a., and cf. {Poly-}, {Plus}.] (Rhet.)
Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of
more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw
it with my own eyes.
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| Definition: | Redundancy of expression; tautology. | ||
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