pleonastic

American  

[plee-uh-nas-tik] / ˌpli əˈnæs tɪk /

adjective

1. relating to or having the characteristics of pleonasm; needlessly wordy or redundant.

   pleonastic expressions such as “I heard it with my own ears.”

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Related Words

See wordy.

Other Word Forms

• pleonastically adverb

Etymology

Origin of pleonastic

First recorded in 1775–80; pleonasm ( def. ), -tic ( def. )

Example Sentences

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

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)

This, however should be pleonastic with reference to what follows.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

First E. M. Oh, I know you ape the casuist, and love the pleonastic, But how tackle our taxation in a manner really drastic With a Revenue declining!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 by Various