Thursday, November 17, 2005

pleonasm [pl-e'-o,n^az.m] noun.

1. The use of words that can be taken out without changing the idea.
2. An redundant word or phrase.

{From Greek........................................................................}
pleonastic adjective.
pleonastically adverb.

1 Comments:

Blogger zl said...

Wo, dude. This word is like a free gift to each and everyone of us who post and comment on your blog website. Also, in addition, it's like something I really, really, never, ever, do.

 

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