| 单词 | pleonastic |
| 例句 | The title’s pleonastic fourth word is the giveaway. Everything You Thought You Knew, and Why You’re Wrong 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Such modern forms made with one pleonastic suffix are called “strong forms,” while those made without it are called “weak forms.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z It is formed by the addition of the Prakrit pleonastic suffix -illa-, which was not used by the Prakrit of the Midland, but was common elsewhere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Without the mellifluous elocution of a Cicero—free from pleonastic parade—he spoke forcibly, reasoned closely, demonstrated clearly, deduced conclusively. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution He had a command of words and much skill in versification, but he is pleonastic and fond of complicated metres and of ending his lines with the same syllable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The phrase "zephyr breeze," in the opening stanza, strikes us as a trifle pleonastic; since a zephyr is itself a breeze; not a quality of a breeze. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 It is shown in the article Prakrit that these pleonastic suffixes can be doubled, or even trebled, and in this way we have a new series of tadbhava forms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The expression in our liturgy, for Jesus Christ his sake, which is merely a pleonastic one, is the only foundation for this assertion. A Handbook of the English Language Johnson's emendation, though pleonastic, makes least change upon the text of the Folios. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar First E. M. Oh, I know you ape the casuist, and love the pleonastic, But how tackle our taxation in a manner really drastic With a Revenue declining! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 With these may be mentioned the French name Fosse, whence the apparently pleonastic Fosdyke and the name of Verdant Green's friend, Mr. Four-in-hand Fosbrooke. The Romance of Names F. 87 The translation here is somewhat pleonastic for the sake of perspicuity; the original is clear in itself, but not to us who have no such practice. The Odyssey of Homer My banks, they are furnished,—the most straitest sect,—these are pleonastic expressions. A Handbook of the English Language The same idea is represented by the pleonastic Eng. messmate, the second part of which, mate, is related to meat. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) "They returned back again to the same city from whence they came forth": the five words in italics are redundant or pleonastic. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. The form of the closing expression, quite unusual in Mr. Lincoln's compact style, may have been pleonastic, but his meaning was one of deep and almost prophetic significance. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 This pleonastic use of a conjunction with the relative is common among illiterate writers and speakers to-day. History of the Plague in London The double negative, allowed in Greek and Anglo-Saxon, but not admissible in English, is pleonastic. A Handbook of the English Language We have, therefore, to trace the rise and development of what may be forcibly expressed by the apparently pleonastic phrase human ecclesiasticism. The Last Reformation "The universal opinion of all men" is a pleonastic expression often heard. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. Associated word: librettist. wordy, a. diffuse, prolix, verbose, redundant, pleonastic. Putnam's Word Book If we will have it to be, "Whatsoever things he doeth, they shall prosper;" the pronoun they appears to be pleonastic. The Grammar of English Grammars The verb do, in I do speak, is not pleonastic. A Handbook of the English Language A pleonastic compound; a skiff is a boat. Coleridge's Ancient Mariner and Select Poems Moss, corrected and purged of some of its colloquial pleonastic forms of expression. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. Do you fear to quote the sublimated utterances of the perspicacious, although pleonastic philosopher? Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 Certainly the strenuous son of Menoetius is quite dead,— for the word "quite" is pleonastic after the Attic fashion. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Pleonasm in the syntax of pronouns.—In the following sentences the words in italics are pleonastic: 1. A Handbook of the English Language Even to this rule there are exceptions, and one of these is in the case of a tarn which I shall call, pleonastically, Little Loch Beg. Angling Sketches The king he is just, dealt with as a single sentence, is undoubtedly pleonastic. A Handbook of the English Language |
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