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To: a fool in paradise

I love reading Spengler. Would somebody look up “pleonasm” for me?


28 posted on 03/20/2013 12:12:32 PM PDT by Sicvee (Sicvee)
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To: Sicvee

Pleonasm (from Greek, pleon: more, too much) is the use of more words or word- parts than is necessary for clear expression: examples are black darkness, ...


29 posted on 03/20/2013 12:24:51 PM PDT by bayouranger (The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
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