pleonasm

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pleonasm
    n 1: using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child"

from 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]

from The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

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

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

pleonasm

   Redundancy of expression; tautology.

   (1995-03-25)