preterpluperfect
Noun

preterpluperfect

  1. (grammar, dated) The pluperfect.
    • 1840, E.A.Poe, The Philosophy of Furniture
      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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