plusquamperfectionn.

Brit.

/ˌplʌskwampəˈfɛkʃn/, U.S.

/ˈˌpləsˌkwæmpərˈfɛkʃ(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: Gernan Plusquamperfektion.

Etymology: < German Plusquamperfektion (1603 as plusquamperfection in the passage translated in quot. 1670) < classical Latin plūs quam more than (see plusquam- comb. form) + German Perfektion perfection n. Compare post-classical Latin plusquam perfectio (1687 in the passage translated in quot. 1688; 8th cent. in a British source in grammatical sense).

Alchemy. Now historical and rare.

Utter perfection.

ΚΠ

1657 tr. B. Valentinus Last Will & Test. iii. 117 This liquor is the true prima materia, and first seed of Metals and Minerals, which by Vulcans Art is brought to a plusquam perfection [Ger. plusquamperfection], into a transcendent fix'd Medicine, out of which is generated the true Philosophick stone.

1670 D. Cable tr. B. Valentinus Of Nat. & Supernatural Things iii. 57 If it..be brought to a perfect ripeness, unto the Plusquam perfection [Ger. plusquamperfection], nothing may compare therewith.

1688 C. Packe tr. F. M. van Helmont 153 Chymical Aphorisms 22 Aph. 135 Wherefore this ought to be done to the matter of our Menstruum, for its compleat Depuration, equally as to Gold, for its plusquam perfection [L. ad ejus plusquam pefectionem].

1713 Rosie Crucian Secrets (MS Harl. 6485) f. 268 It is a heavenly balsam because its first principles and original cometh from heaven, made formal in earth or under ground, and is afterwards, being exactly prepared, brought into a plusquam perfection.

1925 R. W. Councell Apologia Alchymiæ v. 74 No gold of plusquam perfection is formed; but bare gold.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plusquamperfection
释义	plusquamperfectionn. Brit. /ˌplʌskwampəˈfɛkʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpləsˌkwæmpərˈfɛkʃ(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: Gernan Plusquamperfektion. Etymology: < German Plusquamperfektion (1603 as plusquamperfection in the passage translated in quot. 1670) < classical Latin plūs quam more than (see plusquam- comb. form) + German Perfektion perfection n. Compare post-classical Latin plusquam perfectio (1687 in the passage translated in quot. 1688; 8th cent. in a British source in grammatical sense). Alchemy. Now historical and rare. Utter perfection. ΚΠ 1657 tr. B. Valentinus Last Will & Test. iii. 117 This liquor is the true prima materia, and first seed of Metals and Minerals, which by Vulcans Art is brought to a plusquam perfection [Ger. plusquamperfection], into a transcendent fix'd Medicine, out of which is generated the true Philosophick stone. 1670 D. Cable tr. B. Valentinus Of Nat. & Supernatural Things iii. 57 If it..be brought to a perfect ripeness, unto the Plusquam perfection [Ger. plusquamperfection], nothing may compare therewith. 1688 C. Packe tr. F. M. van Helmont 153 Chymical Aphorisms 22 Aph. 135 Wherefore this ought to be done to the matter of our Menstruum, for its compleat Depuration, equally as to Gold, for its plusquam perfection [L. ad ejus plusquam pefectionem]. 1713 Rosie Crucian Secrets (MS Harl. 6485) f. 268 It is a heavenly balsam because its first principles and original cometh from heaven, made formal in earth or under ground, and is afterwards, being exactly prepared, brought into a plusquam perfection. 1925 R. W. Councell Apologia Alchymiæ v. 74 No gold of plusquam perfection is formed; but bare gold. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1657
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