pleonast
English
Noun
pleonast (plural pleonasts)
- (rare) One who is addicted to pleonasm, or redundancy in speech or writing.
- 1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash
- the mellifluous pleonast had done oiling his paradox with fresh polysyllables
- 1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash
References
- pleonast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- Planetos, lapstone, polentas
Romanian
Etymology
From French pléonaste.
Noun
pleonast n (uncountable)
- pleonaste
Declension
declension of pleonast (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) pleonast | pleonastul |
genitive/dative | (unui) pleonast | pleonastului |
vocative | pleonastule |