| a. | 1. | More than perfect; past perfect; - said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event. |
| Noun | 1. | pluperfect - a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect" |
| Adj. | 1. | pluperfect - more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision" |