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Definition of Pleonastic

1. Adjective. Repetition of same sense in different words. "At the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"

Definition of Pleonastic

1. a. Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant.

Definition of Pleonastic

1. Adjective. Of, or relating to pleonasm. ¹

2. Adjective. Using an excessive number of words; especially using different words having the same meaning. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pleonastic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleonastic

Literary usage of Pleonastic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Usage: Studies in the History and Uses of English Words and Phrases by John Lesslie Hall (1917)
"LXXXIX THE pleonastic PRONOUN And Maud she walks in the merry greenwood. (TB Aldrich.) The pleonastic pronoun dates back to the Anglo-Saxon. ..."

2. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"76: see tithe. tilth, tillage: Expressei/i his full tilth and husbandry, MM L 4.44. time and the hour, Mcb. i. 3. 147: A pleonastic expression not ..."

3. Historical Outlines of English Syntax by Leon Kellner (1913)
"pleonastic use of the Personal Pronoun. " The nobles, they arc fled, the commons cold. ... pleonastic ..."

4. A Treatise on the Grammar of New Testament Greek: Regarded as a Sure Basis by Georg Benedikt Winer, ( (1882)
"On Jo. xv. 15 see Lücke.1—Xen. An. 1. 10. 12 cannot be quoted in confirmation of such a (pleonastic) use of ..."

5. A Comparative Grammar of the Gaudian Languages: With Special Reference to by August Friedrich Rudolf Hoernle (1880)
"Most of the other Skr. suff., which are still used as such in EH, are expressly mentioned also by Pr. grammarians. 1) pleonastic SUFFIXES. ..."

6. Uhlemann's Syriac Grammar by Friedrich Gottlob Uhlemann (1855)
"pleonastic Use of Pronouns. A. SEPARABLE PERSONAL PRONOUNS. Here belongs tbe pronoun of the third person ooi (<Jl) (comp, § 12. 1. B) united with nearly all ..."

7. A Grammar of the Modern Spanish Language as Now Written and Spoken in the by William Ireland Knapp (1896)
"pleonastic Construction. 214. The conjunctive and disjunctive pronouns may be associated to the same verb, not merely to give emphasis, but also to amplify ..."

8. English Usage: Studies in the History and Uses of English Words and Phrases by John Lesslie Hall (1917)
"LXXXIX THE pleonastic PRONOUN And Maud she walks in the merry greenwood. (TB Aldrich.) The pleonastic pronoun dates back to the Anglo-Saxon. ..."

9. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"76: see tithe. tilth, tillage: Expressei/i his full tilth and husbandry, MM L 4.44. time and the hour, Mcb. i. 3. 147: A pleonastic expression not ..."

10. Historical Outlines of English Syntax by Leon Kellner (1913)
"pleonastic use of the Personal Pronoun. " The nobles, they arc fled, the commons cold. ... pleonastic ..."

11. A Treatise on the Grammar of New Testament Greek: Regarded as a Sure Basis by Georg Benedikt Winer, ( (1882)
"On Jo. xv. 15 see Lücke.1—Xen. An. 1. 10. 12 cannot be quoted in confirmation of such a (pleonastic) use of ..."

12. A Comparative Grammar of the Gaudian Languages: With Special Reference to by August Friedrich Rudolf Hoernle (1880)
"Most of the other Skr. suff., which are still used as such in EH, are expressly mentioned also by Pr. grammarians. 1) pleonastic SUFFIXES. ..."

13. Uhlemann's Syriac Grammar by Friedrich Gottlob Uhlemann (1855)
"pleonastic Use of Pronouns. A. SEPARABLE PERSONAL PRONOUNS. Here belongs tbe pronoun of the third person ooi (<Jl) (comp, § 12. 1. B) united with nearly all ..."

14. A Grammar of the Modern Spanish Language as Now Written and Spoken in the by William Ireland Knapp (1896)
"pleonastic Construction. 214. The conjunctive and disjunctive pronouns may be associated to the same verb, not merely to give emphasis, but also to amplify ..."

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