pluperfect

Definition

More than perfect, utterly perfect, ideal.

Etymology

Shortening of plusquamperfect, from Latin plusquamperfectum (“more than perfect”), from plus (“more”) + quam (“than”) + perfectum, neuter singular of perfectus (“achieved; finished; perfected”).

Example Sentences

• "What in the pluperfect hell is going on here?!"
• "The drought has raised pluperfect heck with fishing more ways than one."