'Pleonasm' definitions:
Definition of 'pleonasm'
From: WordNet
noun
Using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child"
Definition of 'Pleonasm'
From: GCIDE
- Pleonasm \Ple"o*nasm\,, n. [L. pleonasmus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be more than enough, to abound, fr.?, neut. of ?, more, compar. of ? much. See Full, a., and cf. Poly-, Plus.] (Rhet.) 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. [1913 Webster]