Pleonasm

Ple·o·nasm

Pleonasm

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.]

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. (Rhet.)

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