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- POSTHUMOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Posthumous comes from the Latin posthumus, which is itself an alteration of postumus ("born after the father's death") It is thought that the word humus (meaning "dirt, earth" in Latin) was substituted for - umus in the mistaken belief that the word's final element had something to do with the soil in a grave
- POSTHUMOUS Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
POSTHUMOUS definition: arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death See examples of posthumous used in a sentence
- POSTHUMOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
The soul also survives the death of the body, and experiences posthumous happiness or misery in accordance with its level of perfection or imperfection
- posthumous adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
Definition of posthumous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- posthumous - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Taking place after one's own death Artists obscure during their life often receive posthumous recognition, too late for them to enjoy His memoirs were his posthumous revenge on enemies he dared not take on alive
- posthumous, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . .
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word posthumous, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
- Posthumous - definition of posthumous by The Free Dictionary
1 Occurring or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award 2 Published after the writer's death: a posthumous book 3 Born after the death of the father: a posthumous child
- Definition of posthumous - Words Defined
"Posthumous" refers to events after death of a person, while "postmortem" is often used for examinations or analyses performed after death, especially in medical contexts
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