pleonastic

[ plee-uh-nas-tik ]

adjective

1. relating to or having the characteristics of pleonasm; needlessly wordy or redundant:

   pleonastic expressions such as “I heard it with my own ears.”

Other Words From

• ple·o·nas·ti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of pleonastic¹

First recorded in 1775–80; pleonasm ( def ), -tic ( def )

Synonym Study

See wordy.

Example Sentences

Do you fear to quote the sublimated utterances of the perspicacious, although pleonastic philosopher?

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Soke means jurisdiction and sake and soke is but a pleonastic phrase, which means no more than soke.

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My banks, they are furnished,—the most straitest sect,—these are pleonastic expressions.

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Johnson's emendation, though pleonastic, makes least change upon the text of the Folios.

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The other pleonastic suffixes mentioned under Prakrit are also employed in Marathi, but usually with specific senses.

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