TAUTOLOGIC

pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautological

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

tautologic (comparative more tautologic, superlative most tautologic)

tautological

Source: Wiktionary


Tau`to*log"ic, a.

Definition: Tautological.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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