pluperfect

Noun
  1. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past (synset 113828947)
    "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect"
    is a type of: perfect, perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense - a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
    same as: past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect tense
Adjective
  1. More than perfect (synset 301756326)
    "he spoke with pluperfect precision"
    similar to: perfect - being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish

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