Definition of Pleonasts

1. Noun. (plural of pleonast) ¹

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Definition of Pleonasts

1. pleonast [n] - See also: pleonast

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleonasts

pleomorphic oligodendroglioma
pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma
pleomorphic rhabdosarcoma
pleomorphism
pleomorphisms
pleomorphous
pleon
pleonal
pleonasm
pleonasms
pleonast
pleonaste
pleonastes
pleonastic
pleonastically
pleonasts (current term)
pleonectic
pleonexia
pleonic
pleonosteosis
pleons
pleophony
pleopod
pleopoda
pleopods
pleoptics
pleoptophor
pleopus
plerocercoids

Literary usage of Pleonasts

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

1. A Critical Review of American Politics by Charles Reemelin (1881)
"All our statesmen, not excepting Jefferson or Calhoun, were (unconsciously) political pleonasts, when in pursuit of an object, and all would stint the ..."

2. A Critical Review of American Politics by Charles Reemelin (1881)
"All our statesmen, not excepting Jefferson or Calhoun, were (unconsciously) political pleonasts, when in pursuit of an object, and all would stint the ..."

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