pleonasm
41Whence — Whence, adv. [OE. whennes, whens (with adverbial s, properly a genitive ending; see { wards}), also whenne, whanene, AS. hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; akin to D. when. See {When}, and cf. {Hence}, {Thence}.] [1913 Webster] 1. From what place;… …
42RAS syndrome — stands for Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome, and refers to the use of one of the words that make up an initialism or acronym as well as the abbreviation itself, thus in effect repeating that word. It is itself a humorous example of a redundant …
43diffuseness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Verbosity Nouns diffuseness, expatiation, enlargement, expansion, development, dilation, dilating; verbosity, loquacity; peroration, repetition; pleonasm, exuberance, redundance, thrice told tale;… …
44tautology — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. repetition, reiteration, redundance, verbosity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. redundancy, pleonasm, reiteration; see repetition . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. repetition, redundance, redundancy,… …
45wordiness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. redundance, redundancy, diffuseness, circumlocution, repetition, verbiage, verbosity, turgidity, prolixity, tautology, indirectness, periphrasis, flow of words, rhetoric, fullness, pleonasm, copiousness, bombast,… …
46Diffuseness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Diffuseness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 diffuseness diffuseness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 amplification amplification &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 dilating dilating &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 verbosity verbosity verbiage …
47Redundance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Redundance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 redundance redundance Sgm: N 1 too much too much too many Sgm: N 1 superabundance superabundance superfluity superfluence| saturation Sgm: N 1 nimiety nimiety …
48pleonastic — 1778, with adj. suffix IC (Cf. ic) + Gk. pleonastos “abundant,” from pleonazein “to be superfluous,” in grammatical use, “to add superfluously” (see PLEONASM (Cf. pleonasm)) …
49pleonast — plēˈonast noun Someone who is given to pleonasm • • • Main Entry: ↑pleonasm …
50Hence — (h[e^]ns), adv. [OE. hennes, hens (the s is prop. a genitive ending; cf. { wards}), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinn[=a]n, G. hinnen, OHG. hina, G. hin; all from the root of E. he. See… …
