preterperfect
/ˌpriːtəˈpəfɪkt/adjective
Grammar. Of a tense: denoting a completed state or action; perfect. Also occasionally used of the time indicated by a such a tense. Now rare.
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Linacre (?1460–1524), humanist scholar and physician. From preter + perfect, after classical Latin praeteritum perfectum.
- bottle tree
- bottom
- bottom cleavage
- bottom dog
- bottom drawer
- bottom-dweller
- bottom-dwelling
- bottomed
- bottom feeder
- bottom-feeding
- bottom fermentation
- bottom fish
- bottom fisher
- bottomland
- bottomless
- bottom line
- bottommost
- bottom of the harbour
- bottom round
- bottomry
- bottoms
- bottoms up!
- bottom-up
- botty
- botulin