"pleonast" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pleonasts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pleonast (plural pleonasts)
  1. (rare) One who is addicted to pleonasm, or redundancy in speech or writing. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-pleonast-en-noun-Qy3fYS80 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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