redundance

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Latin redundantia.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

redundance (countable and uncountable, plural redundances)

  1. (now rare) Redundancy.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , vol.I, New York 2001, p.236:
      Phlebotomy, many times neglected, may do much harm to the body, when there is a manifest redundance of bad humours and melancholy blood []