"characterized by pleonasm, redundant in language, using more words than are necessary to express an idea," 1778, with -ic + Greek pleonastos "abundant," from pleonazein (see pleonasm). Related: Pleonastical (1650s).
`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions
plenty
plenum
pleo-
pleomorphic
pleonasm
pleonastic
plesiosaurus
plethora
*pleu-
pleura
pleural
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