pleonastic

[ plee-uh-nas-tik ]

/ ˌpli əˈnæs tɪk /

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adjective

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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Origin of pleonastic

First recorded in 1775–80; see origin at pleonasm, -tic

See wordy.

ple·o·nas·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Do you fear to quote the sublimated utterances of the perspicacious, although pleonastic philosopher?
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870|Various
Soke means jurisdiction and sake and soke is but a pleonastic phrase, which means no more than soke.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland
My banks, they are furnished,—the most straitest sect,—these are pleonastic expressions.
A Handbook of the English Language|Robert Gordon Latham
Johnson's emendation, though pleonastic, makes least change upon the text of the Folios.
The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Caesar|William Shakespeare

The other pleonastic suffixes mentioned under Prakrit are also employed in Marathi, but usually with specific senses.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6|Various