A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1531, 1600-1699
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Plusquamperfect, a. Also: plusque-. [L. plus quam perfectum.] (The) pluperfect (tense). —? 1531 Grant Burgh Schools 53.
Ane of the preterit perfect tyme and preterit plusque perfect tyme —1644 Petrie Chiliasto-mastix 60.
They did not worship the beast which is not the plusquamperfect tyme 16.. Rudiments fol. 12 a.
