noun see: plus Date: 1610 the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in the man he said ) ; redundancy , an instance or example of ~, pleonastic adjective pleonastically adverb
PLEONASM
Meaning of PLEONASM in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012