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.
- rootlet
- root-like
- root mean square
- root nodule
- root note
- root period
- root pressure
- root-prune
- root pruning
- root-puller
- root room
- root rot
- root run
- root seller
- root sheath
- root sign
- rootsiness
- roots music
- root someone on
- root someone's boot
- root something out
- root something up
- root stem
- rootstock
- root swell