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pleonast

pleonast noun: one who is addicted to pleonasm, or redundancy in speech or writing.

Noun

pleonast (plural pleonasts)

  1. (rare) One who is addicted to pleonasm, or redundancy in speech or writing.
    • the mellifluous pleonast had done oiling his paradox with fresh polysyllables1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash

Forms of pleonast

pluralpleonasts

Questions about pleonast

What does pleonast mean?
Pleonast means one who is addicted to pleonasm, or redundancy in speech or writing.
What part of speech is pleonast?
Pleonast is a noun.
What is the plural of pleonast?
The plural of pleonast is pleonasts.

Words near pleonast in the dictionary

  1. pleon
  2. pleonal
  3. pleonasm
  4. pleonasmic
  5. pleonasms
  6. pleonast
  7. pleonaste
  8. pleonastes
  9. pleonastic
  10. pleonastical
  11. pleonastically

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