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| 1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
pleonasm
n 1: using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child"
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| 2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Pleonasm \Ple"o*nasm\,, n. [L. pleonasmus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be more than enough, to abound, fr.?, neut. of ?, more, compar. of ? much. See Full, a., and cf. Poly-, Plus.] (Rhet.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes. [1913 Webster] | ||
| 3. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) | ||
pleonasm Redundancy of expression; tautology. (1995-03-25) | ||
| 4. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) | ||
PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought. | ||
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