pluperfect

3 definitions found

pluperfect - 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]

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

pluperfect - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]