pleonasticadj.

Brit.

/ˌplɪəˈnastɪk/, U.S.

/ˌpliəˈnæstɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πλεοναστικός.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πλεοναστικός < πλεοναστός (see pleonaste n.) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare earlier pleonastical adj., and also pleonasmic adj., pleonasmical adj.

1. Grammar and Rhetoric. Of a sentence, speaker, or writer: characterized by pleonasm; using more words than are necessary. Of a syllable, word, or phrase: superfluous or redundant.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > pleonastic

pleonasmic1656

pleonastic1776

1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. ii. 280 As there are some single words, which have I know not what air of tautology, there are some also which have a pleonastic appearance.

1778 R. Lowth Isaiah (ed. 12) Notes 390 A pleonastic pronoun.

1797 Monthly Mag. 3 11 Μη..not; after verbs of contradicting, or denying, it is pleonastic.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. ii. 126 His vehemence loses its effect by the circuity of his pleonastic language.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vii. xxvi. 519 A mere pleonastic phrase for ‘in the direction of the sea’.

1898 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. II. 54 The pleonastic genitive, as in he is a friend of my brother's, is generally partitive = ‘one of the friends of my brother’.

1951 E. H. Sturtevant & E. A. Hahn Compar. Gram. Hittite Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 23 Pleonastic Vowels. In Akkadian, vowels are frequently written double (U-UL ‘not’, BEE-EL ‘lord’).

1972 W. Labov Lang. in Inner City iv. 146 The general nonstandard rule which operates here can be written as a simple pleonastic transformation.

2004 N.Y. Beacon (Nexis) 24 Mar. 9 As a pleonastic sage was once heard to say, deja vu all over again.

2. gen. Excessive, superfluous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous

superfluent?1440

superfluous?a1450

superstitiousc1450

superfluec1475

redundant?1577

pleonastical1653

exuberant1667

pleonasmical1693

enormous1704

pluperfect1802

pleonastic1835

1835 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 29 Sept. The very knowing Editors..have ushered forth a vituperative slang against the late Convention, and propounded a series of pleonastic interrogatories.

1876 E. Mellor Priesthood iv. 164 If..the priests who both eat the wafer and drink the cup have not two full and perfect sacraments..if they have and derive any benefit from such a pleonastic sacrament.

1894 A. Birrell Ess. xvi. 177 His bonâ-fide character..has been roughly condemned as pleonastic.

1958 Mind 67 389 There is a sense in which our pictures may be said to directly represent or reproduce their relevant facts, but this seems to be only the pleonastic sense in which the fact itself is a picture.

1975 R. Howard tr. E. M. Cioran Short Hist. Decay i. 49 We are engulfed in a pleonastic universe, in which the questions and answers amount to the same thing.

2003 Daily Tel. 21 Feb. 27/2 The film's overfiltered greenish gloom is more headachey than unsettling, its use of black-and-white flash cuts rote and pleonastic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pleonastic
释义	pleonasticadj. Brit. /ˌplɪəˈnastɪk/, U.S. /ˌpliəˈnæstɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πλεοναστικός. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πλεοναστικός < πλεοναστός (see pleonaste n.) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare earlier pleonastical adj., and also pleonasmic adj., pleonasmical adj. 1. Grammar and Rhetoric. Of a sentence, speaker, or writer: characterized by pleonasm; using more words than are necessary. Of a syllable, word, or phrase: superfluous or redundant. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > pleonastic pleonasmic1656 pleonastic1776 1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. ii. 280 As there are some single words, which have I know not what air of tautology, there are some also which have a pleonastic appearance. 1778 R. Lowth Isaiah (ed. 12) Notes 390 A pleonastic pronoun. 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 11 Μη..not; after verbs of contradicting, or denying, it is pleonastic. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. ii. 126 His vehemence loses its effect by the circuity of his pleonastic language. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vii. xxvi. 519 A mere pleonastic phrase for ‘in the direction of the sea’. 1898 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. II. 54 The pleonastic genitive, as in he is a friend of my brother's, is generally partitive = ‘one of the friends of my brother’. 1951 E. H. Sturtevant & E. A. Hahn Compar. Gram. Hittite Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 23 Pleonastic Vowels. In Akkadian, vowels are frequently written double (U-UL ‘not’, BEE-EL ‘lord’). 1972 W. Labov Lang. in Inner City iv. 146 The general nonstandard rule which operates here can be written as a simple pleonastic transformation. 2004 N.Y. Beacon (Nexis) 24 Mar. 9 As a pleonastic sage was once heard to say, deja vu all over again. 2. gen. Excessive, superfluous. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous superfluent?1440 superfluous?a1450 superstitiousc1450 superfluec1475 redundant?1577 pleonastical1653 exuberant1667 pleonasmical1693 enormous1704 pluperfect1802 pleonastic1835 1835 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 29 Sept. The very knowing Editors..have ushered forth a vituperative slang against the late Convention, and propounded a series of pleonastic interrogatories. 1876 E. Mellor Priesthood iv. 164 If..the priests who both eat the wafer and drink the cup have not two full and perfect sacraments..if they have and derive any benefit from such a pleonastic sacrament. 1894 A. Birrell Ess. xvi. 177 His bonâ-fide character..has been roughly condemned as pleonastic. 1958 Mind 67 389 There is a sense in which our pictures may be said to directly represent or reproduce their relevant facts, but this seems to be only the pleonastic sense in which the fact itself is a picture. 1975 R. Howard tr. E. M. Cioran Short Hist. Decay i. 49 We are engulfed in a pleonastic universe, in which the questions and answers amount to the same thing. 2003 Daily Tel. 21 Feb. 27/2 The film's overfiltered greenish gloom is more headachey than unsettling, its use of black-and-white flash cuts rote and pleonastic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1776
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