pleonasm

[ US /ˈpɫiəˌnæzm/ ]
NOUN
  1. using more words than necessary
    a tiny little child
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How To Use pleonasm In A Sentence

  • The neoplasm of my pleonasms gets my jelly in a righteous tart! Excerpt from Urdoxa 2.0
  • ‘Experimental fiction’ is a pleonasm.
  • No craving void left aching in the breast") _an aching void_; and the nephew, Dr. Arthur Aikin, by way of variety, _a void aching_; whilst Mrs. Barbault he designated as _that pleonasm of nakedness_; since, as if it were not enough to be _bare_, she was also Autobiographical Sketches
  • N+1 apes the old style of worthy Jewish intellectuals, alongside the old style of worthy Cyril-Connolly-style balanced intellectual survey—of the sort that recalls the Johnsonian pleonasm which opens “The Vanity of Human Wishes”—which treats all the artistic developments of all the separate countries of Europe as though they were worthy of serious consideration. WHY WE LOVE TLS (UPDATED)
  • No craving void left aching in the breast") _an aching void_; and the nephew, Dr. Arthur Aikin, by way of variety, _a void aching_; whilst Mrs. Barbault he designated as _that pleonasm of nakedness_; since, as if it were not enough to be _bare_, she was also Autobiographical Sketches
  • Ce livre, L'Univers de Chesterton, est fait pour tous ceux qui n'ont pas le temps de suivre dans les méandres de sa pensée capricieuse et exigeante pléonasme dirait-il sans doute le fantasque créateur de ce héros de polar qui est un petit prêtre à la vue basse Father Brown. L'Univers de Chesterton
  • Ce livre, L'univers de Chesterton, est fait pour tous ceux qui n'ont pas le temps de suivre dans les méandres de sa pensée capricieuse et exigeante pléonasme dirait-il sans doute le fantasque créateur de ce héros de polar qui est un petit prêtre à la vue basse Father Brown. Chesterton et ses paradoxes
  • The essential defining characteristic of this relation is its capacity to give rise to pleonasm.
  • Passing to the second, not altogether insignificant, use of these words and distinctions, we sometimes find in the examination of a literary composition such remarks as follow: here is a pleonasm, here an ellipse, there a metaphor, here again a synonym or an equivoke. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
  • Apollonius takes no thought for style, and his work is marked by frequent pleonasm, anacoluthon, etc.
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