ˈplusquam-L. plus quam more than, as in plus quam perfectum pluperfect, used with adjs. to form compounds, chiefly humorous nonce-wds.1824Edin. Rev. XLI. 15 By a kind of plusquam-perfecting operation.1832Examiner 49/2 The plusquam perfect wisdom of Legislators.1848Clough Bothie i, Long constructions strange and plusquam Thucydidean.1896Daily News 6 June 5/7 Fanatics of the ultra-clerical and the plusquam-clerical type.

plusquam- /ˈplʌskwam/ combining form. joc. arch. M16.

ORIGIN: Latin plus quam more than.

Forming adjectives from adjectives with the sense ‘more than’.

plusquam-

(UK) enPR: plŭsʹkwăm, IPA: /ˈplʌskwam/

(US) enPR: pləsʹkwăm', IPA: /ˈpləsˌkwæm/

Prefix

chiefly forming nonce words more than; beyond (in degree)

plusquam-clerical, plusquam-Lovecraft, plusquam-plebeian, plusquam-thucydidëan

Etymology

From the Classical Latin plūs quam (“more than”); compare plusquamperfect and plusquamperfection.

Usage notes

The hyphen is retained when this prefix is combined with other words.

References

“plusquam-, comb. form” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, September 2006)

词汇	plusquam-
词根词缀	OED SOED Wiktionary ˈplusquam-L. plus quam more than, as in plus quam perfectum pluperfect, used with adjs. to form compounds, chiefly humorous nonce-wds.1824Edin. Rev. XLI. 15 By a kind of plusquam-perfecting operation.1832Examiner 49/2 The plusquam perfect wisdom of Legislators.1848Clough Bothie i, Long constructions strange and plusquam Thucydidean.1896Daily News 6 June 5/7 Fanatics of the ultra-clerical and the plusquam-clerical type. plusquam- /ˈplʌskwam/ combining form. joc. arch. M16. ORIGIN: Latin plus quam more than. Forming adjectives from adjectives with the sense ‘more than’. plusquam- (UK) enPR: plŭsʹkwăm, IPA: /ˈplʌskwam/ (US) enPR: pləsʹkwăm', IPA: /ˈpləsˌkwæm/ Prefix chiefly forming nonce words more than; beyond (in degree) plusquam-clerical, plusquam-Lovecraft, plusquam-plebeian, plusquam-thucydidëan Etymology From the Classical Latin plūs quam (“more than”); compare plusquamperfect and plusquamperfection. Usage notes The hyphen is retained when this prefix is combined with other words. References “plusquam-, comb. form” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (third edition, September 2006)
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