posthumous

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
20
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈpɒs.t͡ʃʊ.məs/ (UK)
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/ˈpɒs.t͡ʃʊ.məs/ (UK) · /ˈpɑs.t͡ʃə.məs/ (US)

Definition of posthumous

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)After the death of someone.
    “The most favorable posthumous history the stay-at-home traitor can hope for is—oblivion.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)After the death of someone.
    “The most favorable posthumous history the stay-at-home traitor can hope for is—oblivion.”
  2. (not-comparable)Taking place after one's own death.
    “Artists obscure during their life often receive posthumous recognition, too late for them to enjoy.”
  3. (not-comparable)In reference to a work, published after the author's death.
    “His memoirs were his posthumous revenge on enemies he dared not take on alive.”
    “Eight posthumous albums have been released to date – two more than the man managed in his lifetime – often with conspiracy-baiting titles such as Still I Rise and Tupac Resurrection.”
  4. (not-comparable)In reference to a musical opus, published or initially performed after the composer's death.
  5. (not-comparable)Born after the death of one's father.
    “Posthumous orphans never even knew their fathers.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Latin posthumus, a variant spelling of postumus, superlative form of posterus (“coming after”), the ⟨h⟩ added by association with humus (“ground, earth”) referring to burial.

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