pleonasm Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun using more words than necessary
    • a tiny little child

WordNet

Ple"o*nasm noun
Etymology
L. pleonasmus, Gr. , fr. to be more than enough, to abound, fr., neut. of , more, compar. of much. See Full, a., and cf. Poly-, Plus.
Definitions
  1. (Rhet.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.

Webster 1913