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for pleonasm
From 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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
pleonasm
n 1: using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child"
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
pleonasm
Redundancy of expression; tautology.
(1995-03-25)
From The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) :
PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.
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