Saturday, April 9, 2022

A word new to me

Pleonastic. Needlessly wordy or redundant.

Used by Francesca Donato, Italian member of the European Parliament.

https://gatesofvienna.net/2022/04/francesca-donato-speaks-out-on-the-war-in-ukraine/#more-53682 

I am not likely to use the word, but it's nice to know it is available.

3 comments:

  1. I'm going to throw that one in my vocabulary bucket

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  2. MW: I would go on and on concerning your decision, but that would be pleonastic.

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