What is 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 called?
pleonasm — 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. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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