PLEONASM

pleonasm. Pleonasm, n. a figure, a redundancy of expression

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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.