What does Pleonastic Mean?

Definitions

Definition as Adjective
  • repetition of same sense in different words

Examples

  • "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant

Part of Speech

Adjective