1) Redundancy, from the Greek 2) Verboseness 3) Verbosity
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1) Repetition
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Pleonasm (m, from Greek πλεονασμός pleonasmos from πλέον pleon `more, too much`) is the use of more words or parts of words 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, pleonasm.....
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redundancy; use of more words than necessary
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unnecessary verbiage, redundancy as in 'It was a dark and lightless night.'
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• (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.
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Excess in number or size of parts. ... Origin: G. Pleonasmos, exaggeration, excessive, fr. Pleion, more ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(ple´o-naz″әm) an excess of parts.
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A habit of speech or writing in which an idea repeats itself in a single sentence, i.e., a redundanc
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Unnecessary verbiage, redundancy as in 'it was a dark and lightless night.'
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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 language in speaking or writing; the use of more wor...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: plē′ō-nazm Definitions: 1. Excess in number or size of parts.
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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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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 toy,
    For the rain it raineth e...
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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.
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n] - using more words than necessary
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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 developmental anomaly characterized by the presence of super...
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The use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
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A pleonasm is when one uses too many words to express a message. A pleonasm can either be a mistake or a tool for emphasis.
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noun using more words than necessary; `a tiny little child`
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