(n) Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519), Syn. Leonardo da Vinci, da Vinci

pleonasm

(n) using more words than necessary, Example:a tiny little child

pleonastic

(adj) repetition of same sense in different words; ; ; - J.B.Conant, Syn. tautological, tautologic, redundant, Example:`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions; the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological; at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition

bernstein

(n) United States conductor and composer (1918-1990), Syn. Leonard Bernstein

bloomfield

(n) United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949), Syn. Leonard Bloomfield

carnot

(n) French physicist who founded thermodynamics (1796-1832), Syn. Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot, Sadi Carnot

ceylonite

(n) a dark-colored spinel containing iron, Syn. pleonaste

churchill

(n) British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965), Syn. Winston S. Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill, Winston Churchill

farmer

(n) United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920), Syn. James Leonard Farmer

hutton

(n) English cricketer (1916-1990), Syn. Sir Leonard Hutton

huxley

(n) English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963), Syn. Aldous Leonard Huxley, Aldous Huxley

lambert

(n) English composer and conductor (1905-1951), Syn. Constant Lambert, Leonard Constant Lambert

marx

(n) United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961), Syn. Chico, Leonard Marx

newman

(n) United States film actor (born in 1925), Syn. Paul Newman, Paul Leonard Newman

woolley

(n) English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960), Syn. Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, Sir Leonard Woolley

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pleonasm

n. [ L. pleonasmus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to be more than enough, to abound, fr.&unr_;, neut. of &unr_;, more, compar. of &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pleonast

n. One who is addicted to pleonasm. [ R. ] C. Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pleonaste

n. [ Gr.&unr_; abundant, rich; cf. F. pléonaste. ] (Min.) A black variety of spinel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pleonastical

{ } a. [ Cf. F. pléonastique. ] Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pleonastically

adv. In a pleonastic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

达・芬奇

[达・芬奇 / 達・芬奇, Dá· Fēn qí] Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian renaissance painter

达芬西

[达芬西 / 達芬西, Dá fēn xī] Leonardo da Vinci (Taiwan translation)

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Pleonasmus { m }

pleonasm

pleonastisch; redundant

pleonastic

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