preterpluperfect

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English

Etymology

From preter- +‎ pluperfect.

Noun

preterpluperfect (countable and uncountable, plural preterpluperfects)

  1. (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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