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Pleonasm
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Gr. 7rXeovao so, from 7r)eov4ecv, to abound or be superfluous, irMov, comparative of 7roXis, many, great, large), redundancy or superfluity in speaking or writing, hence an unnecessary work or phrase. The word, more usually in the Latin form "pleonasmus," is used in pathology of an abnormal growth or formation.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pleonasm'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pleonasm.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pleonasm'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pleonasm.html. 1910.
