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Definition of Tautologic
1. Adjective. Repetition of same sense in different words. "At the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"
Similar to: Prolix
Derivative terms: Pleonasm, Redundancy, Redundancy, Tautology, Tautology, Tautology
Definition of Tautologic
1. a. Tautological.
Definition of Tautologic
1. Adjective. tautological ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tautologic
Literary usage of Tautologic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"Harangues and compliments in no end of florid inflated tautologic ornamental
balderdash ; repeating and again repeating, What a never-imagined honour it is; ..."
2. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"—but he compliments to a dreadful extent ! Harangues and compliments in no end
of florid inflated tautologic ..."
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