Associations to the word «Pleonasm»
Verb
Adverb
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Wiktionary
PLEONASM, noun. (uncountable) (rhetoric) Redundancy in wording.
PLEONASM, noun. (countable) A phrase involving pleonasm, that is, a phrase in which one or more words are redundant as their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.
Dictionary definition
PLEONASM, noun. Using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child".
Wise words
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is
the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color
and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.