Found 2 items, similar to pleonasm.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pleonasm
pleonasm
n : using more words than necessary;
“a tiny little child”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pleonasm
Pleonasm
\Ple"o*nasm\,, n. [L. pleonasmus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be
more than enough, to abound, fr.?, neut. of ?, more, compar.
of ? much. See
Full, a., and cf.
Poly-,
Plus.] (Rhet.)
Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of
more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw
it with my own eyes.
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