Pleonasm

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pleonasm \Ple"o*nasm\,, n. [L. pleonasmus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be
     more than enough, to abound, fr.?, neut. of ?, more, compar.
     of ? 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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pleonasm
       n : using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child"

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  pleonasm
       
          Redundancy of expression; tautology.
       
          (1995-03-25)
       
       

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  PLEONASM, n.  An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.