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View synonyms for pleonastic

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.”

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Other Words From

  • ple·o·nas·ti·cal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pleonastic1

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

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Synonym Study

See wordy.

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