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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past;
- Example: "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect"
[syn: past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tense]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. more than perfect;
- Example: "he spoke with pluperfect precision"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pluperfect \Plu"per`fect\, a. [L. plus more + perfectus perfect; cf. F. plus-que-parfait, L. plusquamperfectum.] More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event. -- n. The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Preterpluperfect \Pre`ter*plu"per`fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- + pluperfect.] (Gram.) Old name of the tense also called pluperfect. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pluperfect adj 1: more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision" n 1: a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect" [syn: past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tense]