Middle English Dictionary Entry
plūperfith adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | plūperfith adj. |
| Etymology | ?OF; cp. EMnE plūperfit & F (16th-cent.) plus que parfait; from L plus quam perfectum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. Of a verb tense: past perfect, pluperfect.
Associated quotations
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1024 : Qwerby knowyst þe pretyr tens pluperfyth? ffor it spekyth of tyme more þan perfythly passyd, & hath þis Englysch wurd 'hadde', as 'amaueram, I had louyd'.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Cp. prēterpluperfit adj.