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Pleonasm   /plˈiənˌæzm/   Listen
Pleonasm

noun
1.
Using more words than necessary.





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... or the Marsh [330] Horsegowl of old writers, grows commonly in our wet meadows, and resembles a gigantic buttercup, being of the same order of plants (Ranunculaceoe). The term, Marsh Marigold, is a pleonasm for Marigold, which means of itself the Marsh Gowl or Marsh Golden Flower, being an abbreviation of the old Saxon mear-gealla. So that the term "Marsh" has become prefixed unnecessarily. Presently, the name "Marigold," "Marsh Gowl," was passed on to the ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie


Words linked to "Pleonasm" :   verbosity, pleonastic, verboseness


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