pluperfect
(adjective) more than perfect; “he spoke with pluperfect precision”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pluperfect (not comparable)
More than perfect.
(grammar) Pertaining to action completed before or at the same time as another.
(math) Relating to a certain type of graph, complying with the theorem (pluperfect graph theorem) discovered by D. R. Fulkerson in 1970.
(math) synonym of multiperfect
(informal) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
• In many languages this is implemented using a participle and an auxiliary verb in a past tense.
pluperfect (plural pluperfects)
The pluperfect tense.
A verb in this tense.
• plusquamperfect, preterpluperfect
Source: Wiktionary
Plu"per`fect, a. Etym: [L. plus more + perfectus perfect; cf. F. plus-que-parfait, L. plusquamperfectum.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 June 2025
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
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