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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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[Adjective] | "pleonastic"
1: using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea;
* e.g., " ... a writer whose penchant for pleonastic phrasings would suggest that he is in dire need of a hard-nosed editor "
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