preterpluperfect

noun

preterpluperfect

noun

Etymology From preter- + pluperfect.

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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Archaic The pluperfect.

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.1840, E.A.Poe, The Philosophy of Furniture:

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