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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Synonym Usage

See wordy.

Other Word Forms

• pleonastically
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of pleonastic

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

pleonastic

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 king he is just, dealt with as a single sentence, is undoubtedly pleonastic.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

We have, therefore, to trace the rise and development of what may be forcibly expressed by the apparently pleonastic phrase human ecclesiasticism.

From The Last Reformation by F. G. (Frederick George) Smith

Adj. diffuse, profuse; wordy, verbose, largiloquent†, copious, exuberant, pleonastic, lengthy; longsome†, long-winded, longspun†, long drawn out; spun out, protracted, prolix, prosing, maundering; circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious†, roundabout; digressive; discursive, excursive; loose; rambling episodic; flatulent, frothy.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

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