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posthumous 音標拼音: [p'ɑstʃʊməs] a. 遺腹的,死后的 遺腹的,死後的 posthumous adj 1: occurring or coming into existence after a person' s death; " a posthumous award"; " a posthumous book"; " a posthumous daughter" 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Published after the death of the author; as, posthumous works; a posthumous edition. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Being or continuing after one' s death; as, a posthumous reputation. -- Addison. -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] 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
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