PLEONASM

pleonasm

(noun) using more words than necessary; “a tiny little child”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

pleonasm (countable and uncountable, plural pleonasms)

(uncountable, rhetoric) Redundancy in wording.

(countable) A phrase involving pleonasm; a phrase containing one or more words which are redundant because their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.

Coordinate terms

• ellipsis

Anagrams

• neoplasm, planemos

Source: Wiktionary

Ple"o*nasm, ( n. Etym: [L. pleonasmus, Gr. Full, a., and cf. Poly-, Plus.] (Rhet.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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