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pluperfect

/pluˈpɝ.fɪkt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
plu-per-fect
IPA
/pluˈpɝ.fɪkt/
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

More than perfect, utterly perfect, ideal.

adj

Pertaining to action completed before another action or event in the past, past perfect.

adj

Being or relating to a certain type of graph that complies with a theorem ("pluperfect graph theorem") discovered by D. R. Fulkerson in 1970, satisfying even more constraints than a perfect graph.

adj

Synonym of multiperfect.

adj

Used as an intensifier in various interjections.

Informal

noun

The pluperfect tense, the past perfect.

noun

A verb in this tense.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Shortening of plusquamperfect, from Latin plusquamperfectum (“more than perfect”), from plus (“more”) + quam (“than”) + perfectum, neuter singular of perfectus (“achieved; finished; perfected”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: plusquamperfectum

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pluˈpɝ.fɪkt/
  • British English: /pluːˈpɜː.fɪkt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more pluperfect (comparative) most pluperfect (superlative) plpf. (alternative, abbreviation) pluperfects (plural)

Derived Forms

pluperfectly pluperfectness

Frequently Paired Words

pluperfection

Synonyms

multiperfect plusquamperfect preterpluperfect past perfect past perfect tense pluperfect tense

Questions

How do you pronounce pluperfect?
The recorded pronunciation is /pluˈpɝ.fɪkt/.
What does pluperfect mean?
More than perfect, utterly perfect, ideal.
Where does pluperfect come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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