pleonastic
121tautological — a. Repetitious, repetitional, redundant, pleonastic …
122pleonasm — noun (C, U) technical the use of more words than are needed to express an idea: The phrase an apple divided into two halves is a pleonasm. pleonastic adjective …
123florid — adjective 1) a florid complexion Syn: ruddy, red, red faced, rosy, rosy cheeked, pink; flushed, blushing, high colored; archaic sanguine Ant: pale 2) florid plasterwork Syn …
124flowery — adjective 1) flowery fabrics Syn: floral, flower patterned 2) flowery language Syn: florid, flamboyant, ornate, fancy, convoluted; high flown, high sounding, magniloquent, grandiloquent …
125periphrastic — adjective the periphrastic nature of legal syntax Syn: circumlocutory, circuitous, roundabout, indirect, tautological, pleonastic, prolix, verbose, wordy, long winded, rambling, wandering, tortuous, diffuse …
126prolix — adjective his prolix speeches Syn: long winded, verbose, wordy, pleonastic, discursive, rambling, long drawn out, overlong, lengthy, protracted, interminable; informal windy, waffly …
127verbose — adjective try not to be so verbose when you re being interviewed Syn: wordy, loquacious, garrulous, talkative, voluble; long winded, flatulent, lengthy, prolix, tautological, pleonastic, periphrastic, circumlocutory, circuitous, wandering,… …
128wordy — adjective a wordy sermon Syn: long winded, verbose, prolix, lengthy, protracted, long drawn out, overlong, rambling, circumlocutory, periphrastic, pleonastic; loquacious, garrulous, voluble; informal windy Ant: succinct …
