preterpluperfect

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.

References

• “preterpluperfect”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.