posthumous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   occurring or coming into existence after a person's death

   A posthumous award.

2. 2
   adj

   After the death of someone.

   The most favorable posthumous history the stay-at-home traitor can hope for is—oblivion.

3. 3
   adj

   Taking place after one's own death.

   Artists obscure during their life often receive posthumous recognition, too late for them to enjoy.

4. 4
   adj

   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.

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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