pleonastic

  • 1pleonastic — PLEONÁSTIC, Ă, pleonastici, ce, adj. Care conţine un pleonasm, privitor la pleonasm, cu pleonasme. [pr.: ple o ] – Din fr. pléonastique. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 23.03.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  PLEONÁSTIC adj. (lingv.) tautologic. (Construcţie… …

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  • 2Pleonastic — Ple o*nas tic, Pleonastical Ple o*nas tic*al, a. [Cf. F. pl[ e]onastique.] Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3pleonastic — index extraneous, needless, prolix, redundant, repetitious, turgid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4pleonastic — 1778, with adj. suffix IC (Cf. ic) + Gk. pleonastos “abundant,” from pleonazein “to be superfluous,” in grammatical use, “to add superfluously” (see PLEONASM (Cf. pleonasm)) …

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  • 5pleonastic — adjective 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… …

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  • 6pleonastic — adjective see pleonasm …

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  • 7pleonastic — See pleonasm. * * * …

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  • 8pleonastic — adjective a) Of, or relating to pleonasm. b) Using an excessive number of words; especially using different words having the same meaning. Syn: redundant …

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  • 9pleonàstic — ple|o|nàs|tic Mot Pla Adjectiu variable …

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  • 10pleonastic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. repetitious, wordy, redundant; see oratorical , verbose . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Using or containing an excessive number of words: diffuse, long winded, periphrastic, prolix, redundant, verbose, wordy. See… …

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