pluperfect Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
    past perfect tense; past perfect; pluperfect tense.
    • `I had finished' is an example of the past perfect
  2. adjective satellite more than perfect
    • he spoke with pluperfect precision

WordNet

Plu"per`fect adjective
Etymology
L. plus more + perfectus perfect; cf. F. plus-que-parfait, L. plusquamperfectum.
Definitions
  1. More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event. -- n. The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.

Webster 1913