preterpluperfectadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌpriːtəpluːˈpəːfɪkt/, U.S.

/ˌprɛdərˌpluˈpərfək(t)/,

/ˌpridərˌpluˈpərfək(t)/

Forms: see preter adj. and n. and pluperfect adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: preter adj., pluperfect adj.

Etymology: < preter adj. + pluperfect adj., after post-classical Latin praeteritum plusquamperfectum (3rd cent.). Compare preterimperfect adj., preterperfect adj.Compare the following early use of post-classical Latin praeteritum plusquamperfectum in an English context:OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 124 praeteritvm plvsqvamperfectvm is forðgewiten mare, þonne fulfremed, forðan ðe hit wæs gefyrn gedon: steteram ic stod gefyrn. The phrase preterpluperfect tense occasionally also occurs as a compound word (compare also preterimperfect adj.):1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. C The preterpluperfectence, the time more then perfectly past.

A. adj.

†1. Grammar. Of a tense: pluperfect. Obsolete.figurative in quot. a1627 with reference to an old woman.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > tense > [adjective] > past > with specific aspect

pluperfectc1450

preterite imperfectc1450

preterite perfect1522

preterimperfectc1525

preterperfectc1525

preterpluperfectc1525

plusquamperfect1644

pluterperfect1656

past perfect1868

c1525 T. Linacre Rudimenta Grammatices sig. b2 Tenses also be .v. the present, the preterimperfit, the preterperfit, the preterpluperfit, and the futur.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 84 The preterplusperfit tens, as javóye parlé I had spoken.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 88 The Preter Pluperfit Tens. Jauóye parlé, I had spoken.

1612 J. Brinsley Posing of Parts f. 17^v Q. What time speaks the Preterpluperfect tense of? A. Of that which is more then perfectly past, or past a long while since.

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iv. 49 Darst thou call my wife strumpet, thou preterpluperfect tence of a woman.

1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica ix. 53 ἐγεγόνει being the Preterpluperfect tense.

1709 Royal French Gram. 157 Of the Two Preterpluperfect Tenses, the Future, and of the Imperative Mood. I will say nothing of these Tenses and Moods, since we make use of them as the other Tongues do.

1752 J. J. Prittle Prattle 18 The Preterpluperfect Tense is the Time more than perfectly past; and has for its Auxiliaries, or Signs, had, hadst.

1800 Eves Grammatical Play-thing 39 The preterpluperfect tense represents the action not only as finished, but as finished before a certain time to which we allude... I had written four letters before the clock struck ten. She had slept an hour before they went to bed.

1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. xiv. 583 Friedrich..gave him to know..that coöperation was henceforth a thing of the preterpluperfect tense.

2. Chiefly humorous. Superlatively perfect or faultless; absolute, consummate. Cf. pluperfect adj. 2b. Now rare.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > ideal

ideal1609

dreamlike1615

abstract1625

preterpluperfect1652

idealized1810

goldena1817

pluperfect1831

dream1884

fairy-tale-ish1884

dreamy1892

fairy tale1904

pluterperfect1908

fairy story1913

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > most or completely perfect

consummatea1530

crowning1604

sublime1605

vertical1641

preterpluperfect1652

preterperfecta1784

pluterperfect1908

1652 J. Taylor (title) Newes from Tenebris: or preterpluperfect nocturnall or night worke.

c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches II. 334 Most sanctimonious and preterpluperfect maiden! I abhor myself for once suspecting your impenetrability.

1837 Q. Rev. 58 66 That preterpluperfect Goth, Mr. S. Pugin.., regrets the mistake of Sir Christopher Wren in the construction of St. Paul's.

1892 T. R. Lounsbury Stud. Chaucer I. 348 There are men who, neither in language nor in literature, can be satisfied with perfect propriety. They insist upon what may be termed preterpluperfect propriety.

1917 Ld. Redesdale Further Memories vii. 211 I read in the Times a long speech by one of our preterpluperfect rulers.

†B. n.

Grammar. The pluperfect tense; the pluperfect form of a verb. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > tense > [noun] > past > with specific aspect

pluperfectc1525

preterimperfectc1525

preterperfectc1525

preterpluperfectc1525

plusquamperfect1810

plusperfect1837

c1525 T. Linacre Rudimenta Grammatices sig. b2^v The preterperfect and preterpluperfect, lacke in all uerbes of latyn.

1669 J. Milton Accedence 18 The Preterit speaketh of the time past, and is distinguisht by three degrees: the Preterimperfect, the Preterperfect, and the Preterpluperfect.

1799 Monthly Rev. 28 411 The Verb must be..in the Preterimperfect Tense, when in English we use the Preterpluperfect.

1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 7 324 I therefore give him leave to alter my systolated preterites into preterpluperfects.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preterpluperfect
释义	preterpluperfectadj.n. Brit. /ˌpriːtəpluːˈpəːfɪkt/, U.S. /ˌprɛdərˌpluˈpərfək(t)/, /ˌpridərˌpluˈpərfək(t)/ Forms: see preter adj. and n. and pluperfect adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: preter adj., pluperfect adj. Etymology: < preter adj. + pluperfect adj., after post-classical Latin praeteritum plusquamperfectum (3rd cent.). Compare preterimperfect adj., preterperfect adj.Compare the following early use of post-classical Latin praeteritum plusquamperfectum in an English context:OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 124 praeteritvm plvsqvamperfectvm is forðgewiten mare, þonne fulfremed, forðan ðe hit wæs gefyrn gedon: steteram ic stod gefyrn. The phrase preterpluperfect tense occasionally also occurs as a compound word (compare also preterimperfect adj.):1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. C The preterpluperfectence, the time more then perfectly past. A. adj. †1. Grammar. Of a tense: pluperfect. Obsolete.figurative in quot. a1627 with reference to an old woman. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > tense > [adjective] > past > with specific aspect pluperfectc1450 preterite imperfectc1450 preterite perfect1522 preterimperfectc1525 preterperfectc1525 preterpluperfectc1525 plusquamperfect1644 pluterperfect1656 past perfect1868 c1525 T. Linacre Rudimenta Grammatices sig. b2 Tenses also be .v. the present, the preterimperfit, the preterperfit, the preterpluperfit, and the futur. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 84 The preterplusperfit tens, as javóye parlé I had spoken. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 88 The Preter Pluperfit Tens. Jauóye parlé, I had spoken. 1612 J. Brinsley Posing of Parts f. 17^v Q. What time speaks the Preterpluperfect tense of? A. Of that which is more then perfectly past, or past a long while since. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iv. 49 Darst thou call my wife strumpet, thou preterpluperfect tence of a woman. 1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica ix. 53 ἐγεγόνει being the Preterpluperfect tense. 1709 Royal French Gram. 157 Of the Two Preterpluperfect Tenses, the Future, and of the Imperative Mood. I will say nothing of these Tenses and Moods, since we make use of them as the other Tongues do. 1752 J. J. Prittle Prattle 18 The Preterpluperfect Tense is the Time more than perfectly past; and has for its Auxiliaries, or Signs, had, hadst. 1800 Eves Grammatical Play-thing 39 The preterpluperfect tense represents the action not only as finished, but as finished before a certain time to which we allude... I had written four letters before the clock struck ten. She had slept an hour before they went to bed. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. xiv. 583 Friedrich..gave him to know..that coöperation was henceforth a thing of the preterpluperfect tense. 2. Chiefly humorous. Superlatively perfect or faultless; absolute, consummate. Cf. pluperfect adj. 2b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > ideal ideal1609 dreamlike1615 abstract1625 preterpluperfect1652 idealized1810 goldena1817 pluperfect1831 dream1884 fairy-tale-ish1884 dreamy1892 fairy tale1904 pluterperfect1908 fairy story1913 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > most or completely perfect consummatea1530 crowning1604 sublime1605 vertical1641 preterpluperfect1652 preterperfecta1784 pluterperfect1908 1652 J. Taylor (title) Newes from Tenebris: or preterpluperfect nocturnall or night worke. c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches II. 334 Most sanctimonious and preterpluperfect maiden! I abhor myself for once suspecting your impenetrability. 1837 Q. Rev. 58 66 That preterpluperfect Goth, Mr. S. Pugin.., regrets the mistake of Sir Christopher Wren in the construction of St. Paul's. 1892 T. R. Lounsbury Stud. Chaucer I. 348 There are men who, neither in language nor in literature, can be satisfied with perfect propriety. They insist upon what may be termed preterpluperfect propriety. 1917 Ld. Redesdale Further Memories vii. 211 I read in the Times a long speech by one of our preterpluperfect rulers. †B. n. Grammar. The pluperfect tense; the pluperfect form of a verb. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > tense > [noun] > past > with specific aspect pluperfectc1525 preterimperfectc1525 preterperfectc1525 preterpluperfectc1525 plusquamperfect1810 plusperfect1837 c1525 T. Linacre Rudimenta Grammatices sig. b2^v The preterperfect and preterpluperfect, lacke in all uerbes of latyn. 1669 J. Milton Accedence 18 The Preterit speaketh of the time past, and is distinguisht by three degrees: the Preterimperfect, the Preterperfect, and the Preterpluperfect. 1799 Monthly Rev. 28 411 The Verb must be..in the Preterimperfect Tense, when in English we use the Preterpluperfect. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 7 324 I therefore give him leave to alter my systolated preterites into preterpluperfects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1525
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