pleonast
English edit
Noun edit
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
References edit
- “pleonast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French pléonaste.
Noun edit
pleonast n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of pleonast (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) pleonast | pleonastul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) pleonast | pleonastului |
| vocative | pleonastule | |