posthumous

[ pos-chuh-muh s, -choo- ]

/ ˈpɒs tʃə məs, -tʃʊ- /

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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.

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to remove or destroy all traces of.

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Origin of posthumous

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

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Example sentences from the Web for posthumous

Induction would be a fitting gesture, even now when the honor would be posthumous.
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Last year, his widow and his brother pulled 150 of them for posthumous publication, with a plan to release eight to 10 per year.
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Last July in Moscow, Magnitsky was given a posthumous punishment for his effrontery by being put on trial for tax evasion.
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He scored the posthumous Screen Actors Guild nomination, which I think could push him into the Oscars final five.
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Until this point, author images were generally reserved for religious pamphlets and posthumous poetry collections.
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With part E, dealing with the posthumous birth of the hero, the main narrative begins.
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Dead wives, however jealous in their lifetime, seldom feel this posthumous torment so acutely.
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Saint-Simon might almost be regarded in the light of a posthumous court-spy of Louis the Fourteenth.
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This was the first of the posthumous works, published by the firm of Schott and Co., Paris, in 1851.
Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work|Stephen Samuel Stratton
William Sharp's explanation to myself—as I believe to others of his friends—was to the same tenor as this posthumous statement.
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British Dictionary definitions for posthumous

posthumous

/ (ˈpɒstjʊməs) /

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

Derived forms of posthumous

posthumously, adverb

Word Origin for posthumous

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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