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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 836 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PLEONASM (Gr. srAeovaoµbs, from 1rXeova?'ecv, to abound or be superfluous, irXiov, See also:comparative of srolibs, many, See also:great, large) , redundancy or superfluity in speaking or See also:writing, hence an unnecessary See also:work or phrase. The word, more usually in the Latin See also:form " pleonasmus," is used in See also:pathology of an abnormal growth or formation.

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