pluperfect

adj 1: (linguistics) of or relating to the pat perfect tense of

verbs; "pluperfect endings"

2: more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision"

n : a perfective tense used to express action completed in the

past; "`Ihad finished' is an example of the past perfect"

[syn: {past perfect}, {past perfect tense}, {pluferfect

tense}]