1.
[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]