redundance

English

Etymology

From Latin redundantia.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈdʌndəns/

Noun

redundance (countable and uncountable, plural redundances)

  1. (now rare) Redundancy.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
      , 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 […]
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