pluperfect

[ploo-pur-fikt] /pluˈpɜr fɪkt/
adjective
1.
Grammar.
  1. perfect with respect to a point of reference in past time, as had done in He had done it when I came.
  2. designating a tense or other verb formation or construction with such meaning, as Latin portāveram “I had carried.”.
2.
more than perfect:
He spoke the language with pluperfect precision.
noun, Grammar
3.
  1. the pluperfect tense, or other verb formation or construction with such meaning.
  2. a form in the pluperfect.
Origin
1520-30; < Latin plū(s quam) perfectum (more than) perfect, translation of Greek hypersyntelikós
Examples from the web for pluperfect
  • Three grammatical aspects are distinguishable neutral, perfect and pluperfect.
British Dictionary definitions for pluperfect

pluperfect

/pluːˈpɜːfɪkt/
adjective, noun
1.
(grammar) another term for past perfect
Word Origin
C16: from the Latin phrase plūs quam perfectum more than perfect
Word Origin and History for pluperfect
adj.

1520s, shortened from Latin (tempus praeteritum) plus (quam) perfectum "(past tense) more (than) perfect." Translates Greek khronos hypersyntelikos. See plus and perfect.