About The Word Pleonastic
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Pleonastic
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What's The Definition Of Pleonastic?
[adj] 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
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pleonastic: prolix | redundant | tautologic | tautological Related Terms | Find terms related to Pleonastic: See Also | Pleonastic In Webster's Dictionary \Ple`o*nas"tic\, Pleonastical \Ple`o*nas"tic*al\, a.
[Cf. F. pl['e]onastique.]
Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm;
redundant.
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