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English
Etymology
From preter- + pluperfect.
Noun
preterpluperfect (countable and uncountable, plural preterpluperfects)
- (grammar, archaic) The pluperfect.
1840, E.A.Poe, The Philosophy of Furniture:A carpet is the soul of an apartment. [...] As regards texture the Saxony is alone admissible. Brussels is the preterpluperfect tense of fashion, and Turkey is taste in its dying agencies.
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