单词 | pleonasm |
释义 | pleonasm —pleonastic, adj. —pleonastically, adv. /plee"euh naz'euhm/, n. 1. the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy. 2. an instance of this, as free gift or true fact. 3. a redundant word or expression. [1580-90; < LL pleonasmus < Gk pleonasmós redundancy, surplus, deriv. of pleonázein to be or have more than enough, itself deriv. of pleíon more (see PLEO-)] |
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