Posthumous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Posthumous \Post"hu*mous\ (?; 277), a. [L. posthumus, postumus,
     properly, last; hence, late born (applied to children born
     after the father's death, or after he had made his will),
     superl. of posterus, posterior. See {Posterior}.]
     1. Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead
        body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter.


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     2. Published after the death of the author; as, posthumous
        works; a posthumous edition.
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     3. Being or continuing after one's death; as, a posthumous
        reputation. --Addison. --Sir T. Browne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  posthumous
       adj : occurring or coming into existence after a person's death;
             "a posthumous award"; "a posthumous book"; "a
             posthumous daughter"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "posthumous":
     after the Fall, after the flood, after the war, after-dinner,
     afterdeath, delayed, late, post-obit, postbellum, postcenal,
     postcibal, postdiluvial, postdiluvian, postlapsarian, postmortal,
     postmortem, postmortuary, postmundane, postobituary, postprandial,
     postwar, retarded