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pleonastico — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • expletive adj Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
  • pleonastic adj Of, or relating to pleonasm.
  • redundant adjective No longer needed; superfluous.

Senses

pleonastico is used for these senses in English:

  • expletive Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
  • pleonastic (uncomparable) Of, or relating to pleonasm.
  • pleonastic (linguistics) Characterised by the use of redundant words or an excessive number of words.
  • redundant Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.

expletive — full definition

  1. adj Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
  2. adj Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).

pleonastic — full definition

  1. adj Of, or relating to pleonasm.
  2. adj Characterised by the use of redundant words or an excessive number of words.

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