pluperfect
[ ploo-pur-fikt ]
/ pluˈpɜr fɪkt /
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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.
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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, pluralism, plurality
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Word Origin for pluperfect
C16: from the Latin phrase plūs quam perfectum more than perfect
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