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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ple•o•nasm (plē′ə naz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - Rhetoricthe use of more words than are necessary to express an idea;
redundancy. - Rhetorican instance of this, as free gift or true fact.
- Rhetorica redundant word or expression.
- Greek pleonasmós redundancy, surplus, derivative of pleonázein to be or have more than enough, itself derivative of pleíōn more (see pleo-)
- Late Latin pleonasmus
- 1580–90
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