posthumous adj
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posthumous — adjective after death, continuing after death, following death, occurring after death, post mortem associated concepts: posthumous child Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
posthumous — adj. Posthumous is used with these nouns: ↑fame, ↑pardon, ↑publication, ↑reputation … Collocations dictionary
posthumous — [päs′choo məs, päs′tyooməs] adj. [LL posthumus, for L postumus, after death, orig., last, superl. of posterus (see POSTERIOR): altered in LL by assoc. with humus, ground or humare, to bury (as if meaning “born after the father is buried”)] 1.… … English World dictionary
posthumous — adj post obit, Latin, post obitum. after death, post mortem … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
posthumous — adj. 1 occurring after death. 2 (of a child) born after the death of its father. 3 (of a book etc.) published after the author s death. Derivatives: posthumously adv. Etymology: L postumus last (superl. f. post after): in LL posth by assoc. with… … Useful english dictionary
posthumous — [[t]pɒ̱stʃʊməs[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Posthumous is used to describe something that happens after a person s death but relates to something they did before they died. His family and supporters have campaigned for many years for a posthumous pardon … English dictionary
posthumous — posthumously, adv. posthumousness, n. /pos cheuh meuhs, choo /, adj. 1. arising, occurring, or continuing after one s death: a posthumous award for bravery. 2. published after the death of the author: a posthumous novel. 3. born after the death… … Universalium
posthumous — post|hu|mous [ˈpɔstjuməs US ˈpa:stʃə ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Late Latin; Origin: posthumus, from Latin postumus late born , from posterus; POSTERIOR1] happening, printed etc after someone s death ▪ a posthumous collection of his articles… … Dictionary of contemporary English
posthumous — [ˈpɒstjʊməs] adj given or happening after someone s death posthumous awards for bravery[/ex] posthumously adv … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
posthumous — post·hu·mous päs chə məsalso t(y)ə adj 1) born after the death of the father 2) following or occurring after death post·hu·mous·ly adv * * * post·hu·mous (posґtu məs) [L. postumus coming after] 1. occurring after death. 2. born after the… … Medical dictionary
