Pluperfect
[ploo-pur-fikt] /pluˈpɜr fɪkt/
adjective
1.
Grammar.
2.
more than perfect:
He spoke the language with pluperfect precision.
noun, Grammar.
3.
/pluːˈpɜːfɪkt/
adjective, noun
1.
(grammar) another term for past perfect
adj.
1520s, shortened from Latin (tempus praeteritum) plus (quam) perfectum “(past tense) more (than) perfect.” Translates Greek khronos hypersyntelikos. See plus and perfect.
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