| past perfect | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | denoting a tense of verbs used in relating past events where the action had already occurred at the time of the action of a main verb that is itself in a past tense. In English this is a compound tense formed with had plus the past participle |
| —n | |
| 2. | a. the past perfect tense |
| b. a verb in this tense | |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |