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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 836 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PLEONASM (Gr. srAeovaoµbs, from 1rXeova?'ecv, to abound or be superfluous, irXiov,
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comparative of srolibs, many,
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great, large)  , redundancy or superfluity in speaking or
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writing, hence an unnecessary
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work or phrase . The word, more usually in the Latin
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form " pleonasmus," is used in
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pathology of an abnormal growth or formation .

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