PLUPERFECT
pluperfect
(adjective) more than perfect; “he spoke with pluperfect precision”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
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.
Usage notes
• In many languages this is implemented using a participle and an auxiliary verb in a past tense.
Noun
pluperfect (plural pluperfects)
The pluperfect tense.
A verb in this tense.
Synonyms
• 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
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