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pluperfect (adj.)
[pluperfect 词源字典]
1520s, shortened from Latin
(tempus praeteritum) plus (quam) perfectum
"(past tense) more (than) perfect." Translates Greek
khronos hypersyntelikos
. See
plus
and
perfect
.
[pluperfect etymology, pluperfect origin, 英语词源]