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Webster 1913 Edition
Pleonasm
Ple′o-nasm
,,Noun.
[L.
pleonasmus
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to be more than enough, to abound, fr.[GREEK], neut. of [GREEK], more, compar. of [GREEK] much. See Full
, a., and cf. Poly-
, Plus
.] (Rhet.)
Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea;
as, I saw it
. with my own eyes
Webster 1828 Edition
Pleonasm
PLE'ONASM
,Noun.