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| post·hu·mous [ póschəməss ] |
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1. after somebody's death: occurring after somebody's death
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2. published after death: published or printed after the author's death
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3. born after father's death: born after the death of the father
  a posthumous heir
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| [Early 17th century. < late Latin posthumus, alteration (after medieval Latin humare "bury") of Latin postumus "last" < posterus (see posterior)] |
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| post·hu·mous·ly adverb |
| post·hu·mous·ness noun |
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