pleonasm

  • 51Pleonast — Ple o*nast, n. One who is addicted to pleonasm. [R.] C. Reade. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 52Plethora — Pleth o*ra, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to be or become full. Cf. {Pleonasm}.] 1. Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy… …

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  • 53Plus — Plus, a. [L., more; akin to Gr. ?, ?, and E. full. See {Full}, a., and cf. {Pi[ u]}, {Pleonasm}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Math.) More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; opposed to {minus}. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, in a… …

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  • 54Plus sign — Plus Plus, a. [L., more; akin to Gr. ?, ?, and E. full. See {Full}, a., and cf. {Pi[ u]}, {Pleonasm}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Math.) More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; opposed to {minus}. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, in …

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  • 55pleonastic — adjective see pleonasm …

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  • 56pleonastically — adverb see pleonasm …

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  • 57Multimedia — is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun (a medium with multiple content forms) or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast… …

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  • 58Oxymoron — This article is about the contradiction in terms. For the punk band, see Oxymoron (band). An oxymoron (plural oxymorons or oxymora) (from Greek ὀξύμωρον, sharp dull ) is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. Oxymorons appear in a… …

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  • 59Aran Valley — Spanish comarca comarca name = Val d Aran comarca location province = Lleida capital = Vielha e Mijaran largest city = Vielha e Mijaran demonym = aranès ( m. ) aranesa ( f. ) population = 7130 (1996) area = 620.5 pop density = 11.5 municipalities …

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  • 60Unseen University — Motto Nunc id Vides, Nunc ne Vides ( Now you see it, Now you don t. ) Established 1 AM (current Ankh Morpork calendar dates from founding) Type Public Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully Location …

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