PLEONASTIC
Scrabble letter values: P3L1E1O1N1A1S1T1I1C3 = 14
Definition
- adjective repetition of same sense in different words. — synonyms: redundant, tautologic, tautological
Examples
- “`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- J.B.Conant”