pleonastic
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
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Ple·o·nas·tic
Ple·o·nas·tic·al , a.
[Cf. F. pléonastique.]
Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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pleonastic
adjective
- Using or containing an excessive number of words: diffuse, long-winded, periphrastic, prolix, redundant, verbose, wordy. See excess/insufficiency/enough, style/good style/bad style, words.
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Pleonastic
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - pleonastisk
Nederlands (Dutch)
pleonastisch, dubbel op
Français (French)
adj. - pléonastique
Deutsch (German)
adj. - pleonastisch
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πλεοναστικός
Italiano (Italian)
pleonastico
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pleonástico
Русский (Russian)
плеонастический
Español (Spanish)
adj. - pleonástico
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - pleonastisk
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
冗言的, 重复的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 冗言的, 重復的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - (강조 등을 위해) 중복[장황]어구를 쓰는
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) حشووي, زائد عن حده
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - של עודפות, יתורי, של שפת יתר, של גיבוב דברים
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