Associations to the word «Pleonastic»

Wiktionary

PLEONASTIC, adjective. Of, or relating to pleonasm.
PLEONASTIC, adjective. Using an excessive number of words; especially using different words having the same meaning.

Dictionary definition

PLEONASTIC, adjective. Repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant.

Wise words

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catch words.
Robert Louis Stevenson