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Definition of Pleonasm
1. Noun. Using more words than necessary. "A tiny little child"
Definition of Pleonasm
1. n. 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.
Definition of Pleonasm
1. Noun. (uncountable rhetoric) Redundancy in wording. ¹
2. Noun. A phrase involving pleonasm, that is, a phrase in which one or more words are redundant as their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pleonasm
1. the use of needless words [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pleonasm
1. Excess in number or size of parts. Origin: G. Pleonasmos, exaggeration, excessive, fr. Pleion, more (05 Mar 2000)
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