Pleonastic

2 definitions found

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

  Pleonastic \Ple`o*nas"tic\, Pleonastical \Ple`o*nas"tic*al\, a.
     [Cf. F. pl['e]onastique.]
     Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm;
     redundant.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pleonastic
       adj : repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact'
             and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the
             phrase `a beginner who has just started' is
             tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return
             to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant [syn: {redundant},
              {tautologic}, {tautological}]