3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Redundant \Re*dun"dant\ (-dant), a. [L. redundans, -antis, p.
pr of redundare: cf F. redondant. See {Redound}.]
1. Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant;
exuberant; as a redundant quantity of bile or food.
Notwithstanding the redundant oil in fishes, they do
not increase fat so much as flesh. --Arbuthnot.
2. Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful;
pleonastic.
Where an suthor is redundant, mark those paragraphs
to be retrenched. --I. Watts.
Syn: Superfluous; superabundant; excessive; exuberant;
overflowing; plentiful; copious.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
redundant
adj 1: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose
excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the
dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be
thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by
technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room";
"supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory
of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary)
words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary
internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the
needy" [syn: {excess}, {extra}, {spare}, {supererogatory},
{superfluous}, {supernumerary}, {surplus}]
2: use of more words than required to express an idea; "a wordy
gossipy account of a simple incident"; "a redundant text
crammed with amplifications of the obvious" [syn: {wordy}]
3: repetition of same sense in different words "`a true fact'
and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase
`a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at
the risk of being redundant I return to my original
proposition"- J.B.Conant [syn: {pleonastic}, {tautologic},
{tautological}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
REDUNDANT, adj Superfluous; needless; _de trop_.
The Sultan said: "There's evidence abundant
To prove this unbelieving dog redundant."
To whom the Grand Vizier, with mien impressive,
Replied: "His head, at least, appears excessive."
Habeeb Suleiman
Mr Debs is a redundant citizen.
Theodore Roosevelt
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