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pleonasm


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pleonasm  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pleonasm 
  n  :  using  more  words  than  necessary;  "a  tiny  little  child" 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  pleonasm 
 
  Redundancy  of  expression;  tautology. 
 
  (1995-03-25) 
 
 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  PLEONASM,  n.  An  army  of  words  escorting  a  corporal  of  thought. 
 
 




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