| pleonasm | |
| plee'-o-naz-um | Gk. "superfluous," "redundant" |
| pleonasmus | |
| superabundancia, plus necessarium | |
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Use of more words than is necessary semantically. Rhetorical repetition that is grammatically superfluous. | |
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| With these
very eyes I saw him do it. Referring to eyes is unnecessary since this is implied with "saw." |
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| Sources: | Primary sources Aquil. 45 ("pleonasmus," "plus necessarium"); Isidore 1.34.6; Susenbrotus (1540) 29-30; Sherry (1550) 32 ("pleonasmus," "superabundancia"); Peacham (1577) F2r; Day 1599 82 ("pleonasmus") | |
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