Perissology

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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.

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