pleonasms

pleonasms
n
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  • Pleonasm — is the use of more words (or even word parts) than necessary to express an idea clearly. A closely related concept is rhetorical tautology, in which essentially the same thing is said more than once in different words (e.g black darkness , cold… …   Wikipedia

  • David J. Farber — Farber in 2008 Residence United States …   Wikipedia

  • tautology —  , redundancy, pleonasm, solecism.  Although various authorities describe various shades of distinction between the first three words, those distinctions are generally slight and frequently contradictory. Essentially all three mean using more… …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • tautology, redundancy, pleonasm, solecism —    Although various authorities detect various shades of distinction between the first three words, those distinctions are always very slight and, on comparison, frequently contradictory. Essentially all three mean using more words than necessary …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • tautology, redundancy, pleonasm, solecism —    Although various authorities detect various shades of distinction between the first three words, those distinctions are always very slight and, on comparison, frequently contradictory. Essentially all three mean using more words than necessary …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • tautology, redundancy, pleonasm, solecism —    Although various authorities detect various shades of distinction between the first three words, those distinctions are always very slight and, on comparison, frequently contradictory. Essentially all three mean using more words than necessary …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • tautology, redundancy, pleonasm, solecism —    Although various authorities detect various shades of distinction between the first three words, those distinctions are always very slight and, on comparison, frequently contradictory. Essentially all three mean using more words than necessary …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • pleonasm — UK [ˈpliːəˌnæz(ə)m] / US [ˈplɪəˌnæzəm] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms pleonasm : singular pleonasm plural pleonasms linguistics the use of more words than are necessary to say something Derived word: pleonastic UK [ˌpliːəˈnæstɪk] / US… …   English dictionary

  • MENAHEM BEN JACOB IBN SARUQ — (Saruk; tenth century), Spanish author and lexicographer. Born in Tortosa, he moved at an early age to Cordova, where Isaac, the father of , became his patron. After Isaac s death, Menahem went back to his native town for a short interlude, and… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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