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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|};
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[Noun] | "pleonasm"
1: as in tautology;
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[ "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.
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[ "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.
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[ "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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