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Webster 1913 Edition


Pleonast

Ple′o-nast

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Noun.
One who is addicted to pleonasm.
[R.]
C. Reade.

Definition 2024


pleonast

pleonast

English

Noun

pleonast (plural pleonasts)

  1. (rare) One who is addicted to pleonasm, or redundancy in speech or writing.
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