pleonastic
Americanadjective
Synonym Usage
See wordy.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of pleonastic
First recorded in 1775–80; see origin at pleonasm ( def. ), -tic ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The title’s pleonastic fourth word is the giveaway.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2022
While Humphrey reeled garrulously from one position to another, Nixon glided over issues with skillfully pleonastic evasions, often taking no stand at all.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pleonasm in the syntax of pronouns.—In the following sentences the words in italics are pleonastic: 1.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Moor still has, so that Fenimore is pleonastic.
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
The double negative, allowed in Greek and Anglo-Saxon, but not admissible in English, is pleonastic.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
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