Definition of pleonastic Pleonastic
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What does pleonastic mean?
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| pleonastic - repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant | ||
| redundant, tautologic, tautological | ||
| prolix tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pleonastic (a.)
Alt. of Pleonastical
