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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|};

    [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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