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pleonastic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pleonastic \Ple`o*nas"tic\, Pleonastical \Ple`o*nas"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. pl['e]onastique.] Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pleonastic adj : 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: {redundant}, {tautologic}, {tautological}]
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