pluperfect
[ ploo-pur-fikt ]
/ pluˈpɜr fɪkt /
adjective
Grammar.
- perfect with respect to a point of reference in past time, as had done in He had done it when I came.
- designating a tense or other verb formation or construction with such meaning, as Latin portāveram “I had carried.”
more than perfect: He spoke the language with pluperfect precision.
noun Grammar.
- the pluperfect tense, or other verb formation or construction with such meaning.
- a form in the pluperfect.
Origin of pluperfect
1520–30; < Latin
plū(s quam)
perfectum (more than) perfect, translation of Greek
hypersyntelikós
Words nearby pluperfect
plunket,
plunket baby,
plunket nurse,
plunket society,
pluot,
pluperfect,
plupf.,
plur.,
plural,
plural marriage,
plural voting
Example sentences from the Web for pluperfect
British Dictionary definitions for pluperfect
Word Origin for pluperfect
C16: from the Latin phrase
plūs quam perfectum more than perfect