Preterpluperfect

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The pluperfect. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "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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pluperfect

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"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."

Etymology

From preter- + pluperfect.

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