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posthumous

[pos-chuh-muhs, -choo-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death.
a posthumous award for bravery.
published after the death of the author.
a posthumous novel.
born after the death of the father.

posthumous

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adjective

happening or continuing after one's death
(of a book, etc) published after the author's death
(of a child) born after the father's death

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Other Word Forms

posthumously adverb
posthumousness noun
nonposthumous adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of posthumous¹

First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin postumus “last-born, born after the death of the father” (in form a superlative of posterus; posterior ); post-classical spelling with h by association with humus “ground, earth,” as if referring to burial

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Word History and Origins

Origin of posthumous¹

C17: from Latin postumus the last, but modified as though from Latin post after + humus earth, that is, after the burial

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Example Sentences

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Nevertheless, he sat for 40 hours of interviews for this properly admiring, though not sanitized, two-part posthumous documentary.

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"I sent a posthumous message to his Skype address to which, I - or he - replied from his computer," she said.

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“She’s very much a posthumous success, and she really wanted success. She was clever enough to know that what she was writing was really good.”

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The posthumous outpouring of tributes to him from across the globe is perhaps one sign that shift is working.

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The governor on Friday also offered a posthumous pardon to Sgt.

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post house posthumously

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