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... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1695/3