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    [Noun]  | "ple*o*nasm" | \ ˈplē-ə-ˌna-zəm \


    1: the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in the man he said) : redundancy

    2: an instance or example of pleonasm


    Origin: 1610 ;

     Late Latin pleonasmus, from Greek pleonasmos, from pleonazein to be excessive, from pleiōn, pleōn more {mat|plus|};

     [ "pleonasm" ]

    1: A pleonasm is a redundant description. It is describing a word using adjectives that apply to it's inherent characteristics.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Tim is a stupid idiot.  

     [ "pleonasm" ]

    1: Unusual ghostlike creature who frequents outhouses and continues to repeat the same word.

      * e.g.,  ... Jake heard the pleonasm through the half moon in the door, the night the comet struck. 

     [ "Pleonasm" ]

    1: the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense : redundancy

      * e.g.,  ... Instead of getting straight to the central idea, she used pleonasm because she thought more words made it better 

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