| leonard | (n) United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925), Syn. Elmore John Leonard, Elmore Leonard, Dutch Leonard |
| leonardesque | (adj) in the manner of Leonardo da Vinci |
| leonardo | (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 |
| pleonastic | (adj) repetition of same sense in different words; ; ; - J.B.Conant, Syn. tautological, tautologic, redundant |
| 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 |
| 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 ] Variants: Pleonastic |
| Pleonastically | adv. In a pleonastic manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
