preterimperfect

English edit

Etymology edit

preter- +‎ imperfect

Adjective edit

preterimperfect (not comparable)

(grammar, archaic) imperfect

Noun edit

preterimperfect (plural preterimperfects)

(grammar, archaic) The imperfect tense.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “preterimperfect”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)