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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. using more words than necessary;
- Example: "a tiny little child"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pleonasm \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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pleonasm n 1: using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child"
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

pleonasm Redundancy of expression; tautology. (1995-03-25)
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.