Perissology
Perissology ( περισσολογία = Greek accumulation, dispensable speech, torrent of words , verbosity in speech) is the designation for an accumulation of synonymous words for strong emphasis on a term, in stylistics and rhetoric a rhetorical figure that serves as a means to reinforce statements serves.
- Examples
- with bag and baggage
- with good reason
- without rest and rest
- full of delight and lust
- with mockery and scorn
- Shame and abuse
- under lock and key
See also twin formula , tautology and pleonasm . The difference between pleonasm and perissology lies in the fact that with the former, a formal word is used to linger longer on the term in question, without it being intensified, while this one, on the other hand, intensifies the idea. Therefore, a correct perissology gives abundance and richness to the expression.