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pleonastic

[ plee-uh-nas-tik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

relating to or having the characteristics of pleonasm; needlessly wordy or redundant:
pleonastic expressions such as “I heard it with my own ears.”

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

Do you fear to quote the sublimated utterances of the perspicacious, although pleonastic philosopher?

Soke means jurisdiction and sake and soke is but a pleonastic phrase, which means no more than soke.

My banks, they are furnished,—the most straitest sect,—these are pleonastic expressions.

Johnson's emendation, though pleonastic, makes least change upon the text of the Folios.

The other pleonastic suffixes mentioned under Prakrit are also employed in Marathi, but usually with specific senses.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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