pleonastic
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pleonastic
- /ˌpliː.əˈnæs.tɪk/
Rhymes with -æstɪk
Where it comes from
From pleonasm + -astic.
adjective more pleonastic · most pleonastic
- Of, or relating to pleonasm. The oxymoron is a common type of wordplay that, frankly, isn’t all that amusing or challenging to identify, unless of course one stumbles upon oxymora involving the word oxymoron, such as oxymoronic pleonasm or pleonastic oxymoron (a pleonasm is a linguistic redundancy like burning fire).
- Redundant. A second class of Subject Expressions in English are so-called pleonastic pronouns such as it and there in sentences like: (104) (a) It is raining/It is a long way to Dallas/Itʼs time to leave/It is obvious that youʼre right (104) (b) There must have been some mistake/There walked into the room th
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Characterised by the use of redundant words or an excessive number of words.
Before undertaking to show the connection which this papyrus seems to establish between an apparently historical king of the IId dynasty and the hero of a romance of the XIXth (an interval of two or three thousand years), I will give an English version of Dr. Brugsch's German translation, condensing
Similar: perissological, pleonastical
Translations
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adj of, or relating to pleonasm
| Español | redundante, pleonástico |
|---|---|
| Português | pleonástico |
| Français | pléonastique |
| Deutsch | pleonastisch |
| Italiano | pleonastico |
| Ελληνικά | πλεοναστικός pleonastikós |
| Русский | плеонасти́ческий pleonastíčeskij |
adj characterised by redundancy or the use of an excess number of words
| Português | pleonástico |
|---|---|
| Italiano | ridondante, espletivo, pleonastico |
| Ελληνικά | πλεοναστικός pleonastikós |
| Русский | плеонасти́ческий pleonastíčeskij |
Talk about this word "pleonastic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pleonastic. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. pleonastic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pleonastic "pleonastic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pleonastic.Cite this
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