Look up: pleonasm

1. pleonasm
   Redundancy of expression; tautology. (1995-03-25)
   Found on http://foldoc.org/pleonasm
   
   
2. Pleonasm
   use of superfluous or redundant words, often enriching the thought.
   *No one, rich or poor, will be excepted.
   *Ears pierced while you wait!
   *I have seen no stranger sight since I was born.
   Found on http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.
   
   
3. Pleonasm
   The use of unnecessary or superfluous words. Poets often fall into this trap when trying to pad out a metrical line e.g. the clown's song from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
   When that I was and a little tiny boy,
        With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
   A foolish thing was but a ...
   Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of
   
   
4. pleonasm
   [n] - using more words than necessary
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
5. Pleonasm
   Pleonasm: An excess in the number of parts or in the size of a growth. Pleonasm comes from a Greek word (pleonasmos) meaning exaggeration or redundancy. A pleonasm in language is also a redundancy. It is the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense as, for example, in 'a false lie.'
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6. Pleonasm
   Ple'o·nasm noun [ Latin pleonasmus , Greek ..., from ... to be more than enough, to abound, from ..., neut. of ..., more, compar. of ... much. See Full , adjective , and confer Poly- , Plus .] (Rhet.) Redundancy of la...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/106
   
   
7. pleonasm
   Excess in number or size of parts. ... Origin: G. Pleonasmos, exaggeration, excessive, fr. Pleion, more ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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8. pleonasm
   noun using more words than necessary; `a tiny little child`
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9. pleonasm
   (ple´o-naz″әm) an excess of parts.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
   
   
10. Pleonasm
    • (n.) 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
11. pleonasm
    pleonasm, pleonasms 1. The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy; such as, 'advance warning', 'blood hemorrage', and 'unmarried bachelor'. 2. A redundant word or expression. 3. A superfluous word or phrase. 4. An excess in the number or size of parts. 5. A developmen...
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12. pleonasm
    unnecessary verbiage, redundancy as in 'It was a dark and lightless night.'
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13. pleonasm
    Type: Term Pronunciation: plē′ō-nazm Definitions: 1. Excess in number or size of parts.
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14. Pleonasm
    `Pleonasm` from Greek, pleon: more, too much is the use of more words or word-parts than is necessary for clear expression: examples are black darkness, or burning fire. Such redundancy is, by traditional rhetorical criteria, a manifestation of tautology. Pleonastic usage: Often...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleonasm