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pleonasm

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  1. 1. n. Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. using more words than necessary Source: wordnet
  3. 3. Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes. Source: webster
  4. 4. Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of morewords than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with myown eyes. Source: adambom
  5. 5. n. using more words than necessary Source: ecdict

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