Definitions for pleonasm

pleonasm ple·o·nasm

Spelling: [plee-uh-naz-uh m]
IPA: /ˈpli əˌnæz əm/

Pleonasm is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 477 anagrams from letters in pleonasm (aelmnops).

Definitions for pleonasm

noun

  1. the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
  2. an instance of this, as free gift or true fact.
  3. a redundant word or expression.

Origin of pleonasm

1580-90; Late Latin pleonasmus Greek pleonasmós redundancy, surplus, derivative of pleonázein to be or have more than enough, itself derivative of pleíōn more (see pleo-<

Examples for pleonasm

But the above examples are arranged either by pleonasm or by some such like artifice.

What is pleonasm in a single sentence is ellipsis in a double one.

Let the word come after the gesture and there will be no pleonasm.

"He is so nervous that he is committing a pleonasm," said Felicien in an aside to Lousteau.

The pleonasm is explained by the divergence of French and ME.

We have spoken of "true worship;" the expression is a pleonasm.

Ignorance of the true meaning of a word often leads to pleonasm.

These are instances of pleonasm in the strictest sense of the term.

What is pleonasm in a single sentence, is ellipsis in a double one.

Nothing is gained in strength nor precision by this kind of pleonasm.

Word Value for pleonasm
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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