Ple"o*nasm, (?), n. [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.] (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.